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Debian: CVE-2017-11576: fontforge -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-11576: fontforge -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/29/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

FontForge 20161012 does not ensure a positive size in a weight vector memcpy call in readcfftopdict (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS via a crafted otf file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-fontforge

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