An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
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EUVD-2018-9161 | An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex. |
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USN-3788-1 | Tex Live vulnerabilities |
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USN-3788-2 | Tex Live-bin vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.498Z
Reserved: 2018-09-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-17407

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-09-23T21:29:00.280
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:20.870
Link: CVE-2018-17407


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