MGASA-2018-0037

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    MGASA-2018-0037

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated fontforge packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that FontForge, a font editor, did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could use this flaw by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted OpenType font file, thus causing a denial-of-service via application crash, or execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11571, CVE-2017-11572, CVE-2017-11574, CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11576, CVE-2017-11577).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0037.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21634, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fontforge

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/fontforge?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0-1.20120731.10.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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