Name: CVE-2017-11573: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-11573, CWE-125, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.01218

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.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 fontforgeNo solution exists	May 15, 2025	May 15, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Jun 14, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade fontforge	Aug 29, 2019	Jul 23, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jul 23, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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