What is CVE-2017-11568?

CVE-2017-11568 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fontforge, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-11568?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Fontforge

CVE-2017-11568

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fontforge — versions 20161012
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11568?: CVE-2017-11568 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fontforge, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-11568?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.