FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (psread.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade fontforge | Aug 29, 2017 | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 14, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade fontforge | Aug 29, 2019 | Jul 23, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade fontforge-commonUpgrade fontforge | Sep 4, 2017 | Jul 23, 2017 |
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