| Name | CVE-2017-11573 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 873588 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| fontforge (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:20230101~dfsg-4 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 1:20251009+git20260808~dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| fontforge | source | (unstable) | 1:20190801~dfsg-2 | unimportant | | 873588 |
Notes
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098
Fixed by: https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/commit/2d27e3d283213614145767292672877067113a4a (20190317)
Crash in GUI tool/related desktop libs, no security impact