| 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 |
| 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 | 1:20170731~dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye, sid | 1:20190801~dfsg-4 | 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) | unimportant | | 873588 |
Notes
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098
Crash in GUI tool/related desktop libs, no security impact