CVE-2017-11568
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Published: July 23, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFontForge
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (psread.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3089Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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