UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17407

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17407

    Published: 23 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17407

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17407, https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c, https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17407

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: texlive-bin

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2013.20130529.30792-1build2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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