Description
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.
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-2017-3190 FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3409-1 FontForge vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.671Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-11575

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-23T22:29:00.447

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

Link: CVE-2017-11575

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2017-11575 - Bugzilla

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