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.
Published: 2017-07-23
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1065-1 fontforge security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3958-1 fontforge security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3183 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3409-1 FontForge vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00352}

epss

{'score': 0.00368}


Subscriptions

Fontforge Fontforge
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.515Z

Reserved: 2017-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11568

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-23T22:29:00.180

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11568

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11568 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses