CVE-2017-11568

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-14
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1475384: CVE-2017-11568 fontforge: Heap-buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (psread.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11568 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 fontforge Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 fontforge Will not fix

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