CVE-2017-11575

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-06-14
Bugzilla:
1475393: CVE-2017-11575 fontforge: Buffer over-read in strnmatch function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11575 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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