SB2017072416 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FontForge
Published: July 24, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017072416
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11570)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in umodenc (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11573)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.