What is CVE-2017-11571?

CVE-2017-11571 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fontforge, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-11571?

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

Buffer overflow in Fontforge

CVE-2017-11571

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in addnibble (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th 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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11571?: CVE-2017-11571 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fontforge, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-11571?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.