UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11577

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11577

    Published: 23 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11577
    Aliases:
    USN-3409-1

    Summary:

    Details: FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in getsid (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11577, https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3088, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3409-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11577

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fontforge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    20120731.b-3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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