CVE-2017-11575 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00352.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fontforge	Fontforge

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1065-1	fontforge security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3958-1	fontforge security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3190	FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3409-1	FontForge vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3096
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11575
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11575

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-23T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.671Z

Reserved: 2017-07-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-11575

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-23T22:29:00.447

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-11575

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11575 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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