CVE-2017-11572

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

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

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-11572

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-07-23T22:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-01-13T14:23:34

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3092	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11572
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11572

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:53:57				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 19:01:13	2017-07-23T22:29Z	2017-07-23T22:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 19:01:13		2020-01-13T14:23:34	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 19:01:13		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated