UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11569

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11569
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11569.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11569
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Published
2017-07-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:19Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

20120731.*

20120731.b-3ubuntu1
20120731.b-4
20120731.b-4ubuntu1
20120731.b-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge1",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdraw4",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

20120731.*

20120731.b-5
20120731.b-5ubuntu1
20120731.b-7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge1",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdraw4",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}