CVE-2018-17407
An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2018-09-23
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
