DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17407

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17407
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17407
Upstream
Published
2018-09-23T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:03:37Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}