DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11573
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573
Upstream
Published
2017-07-23T22:29:00.383Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:46.688585Z
Severity
  • 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

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
1:20201107~dfsg-4
1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1
1:20220308~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-2
1:20230101~dfsg-3
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8
1:20230101~dfsg-1.*
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573.json"

Debian:12 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
1:20230101~dfsg-1
1:20230101~dfsg-2
1:20230101~dfsg-3
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8
1:20230101~dfsg-1.*
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573.json"

Debian:13 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573.json"

Debian:14 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fontforge?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-5
1:20230101~dfsg-6
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11573.json"