ubuntu-cve-2017-11573
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-07-23 22:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details

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

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11573",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:03Z",
  "published": "2017-07-23T22:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11573"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11573"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-11573"
  ]
}



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