CVE-2018-17407
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17407.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17407
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-23T21:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-08T10:19:32.247175Z
- Downstream
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
An issue was discovered in t1checkunusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
- References
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- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
- https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17407
Affected packages
Debian:11 / texlive-bin
Package
- Name
- texlive-bin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source
Debian:12 / texlive-bin
Package
- Name
- texlive-bin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source
Debian:13 / texlive-bin
Package
- Name
- texlive-bin
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source