CVE-2017-11571

NameCVE-2017-11571
DescriptionFontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in addnibble (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1065-1, DSA-3958-1
Debian Bugs869614

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fontforge (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:20230101~dfsg-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fontforgesourcewheezy0.0.20120101+git-2+deb7u1DLA-1065-1
fontforgesourcejessie20120731.b-5+deb8u1DSA-3958-1
fontforgesourcestretch1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1DSA-3958-1
fontforgesource(unstable)1:20170731~dfsg-1869614

Notes

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3087
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/commit/5a0c6522682b0788fc478dd159dd6168cb5fa38b
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