CVE-2017-11573

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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	873588

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
fontforge (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	20120731.b-5+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster, sid	1:20170731~dfsg-1	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
fontforge	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	low		873588

Notes

[stretch] - fontforge <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - fontforge <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - fontforge <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098