SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1

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    SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1

    Published: 28 Aug 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for fontforge

    Details: This update for fontforge fixes the following security issues: fontforge was updated to 20170731, fixings lots of bugs and security issues. - CVE-2017-11568: Heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (bsc#1050161) - CVE-2017-11569: Heap-based buffer over-read in readttfcopyrights (bsc#1050181) - CVE-2017-11571: Stack-based buffer overflow in addnibble (bsc#1050185) - CVE-2017-11572: Heap-based buffer over-read in readcfftopdicts (bsc#1050187) - CVE-2017-11573: Over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (bsc#1050193) - CVE-2017-11574: Heap-based buffer overflow in readcffset (bsc#1050194) - CVE-2017-11575: Buffer over-read in strnmatch (bsc#1050195) - CVE-2017-11576: Ensure a positive size in a weight vector memcpycall in readcfftopdict (bsc#1050196) - CVE-2017-11577: Buffer over-read in getsid (bsc#1050200)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fontforge

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/fontforge&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20170731-11.8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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    High