vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3409-1 (CVE-2017-11577): FontForge vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 23, 2017 | Sep 4, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 23, 2017
Added
Sep 4, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in getsid (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-fontforgeubuntu-upgrade-fontforge-common
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