High severity · published Jul 23, 2017
CVE-2017-11573
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file
7.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fontforge · Fontforge
20161012 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11573
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11573
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098
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