{"id":"USN-3409-1","summary":"fontforge vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer\nover-read. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11572)\n\nIt was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a stack-based buffer\noverflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11571)\n\nIt was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer\noverflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11574)\n\nIt was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a buffer over-read.\nA remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11577)\n\nIt was discovered that FontForge wasn't correctly checking the sign of\na vector size. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS.\n(CVE-2017-11576)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:38:00.689830Z","published":"2017-09-04T15:44:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11568","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11569","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11571","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11572","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11574","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11575","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11576","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11577"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-11568","CVE-2017-11569","CVE-2017-11571","CVE-2017-11572","CVE-2017-11574","CVE-2017-11575","CVE-2017-11576","CVE-2017-11577","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11568","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11569","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11571","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11572","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11574","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11575","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11576","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11577"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3409-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11568"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11569"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11571"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11572"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11574"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11575"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11576"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11577"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"fontforge","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["20120731.b-3ubuntu1","20120731.b-4","20120731.b-4ubuntu1","20120731.b-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"fontforge","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"fontforge-common","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"fontforge-nox","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libfontforge1","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libgdraw4","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"python-fontforge","binary_version":"20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11568"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11569"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11571"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11572"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11574"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11575"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11576"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-11577"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3409-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}