CVE-2018-17407

Name
CVE-2018-17407
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
Patch https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* tex_live >= None < 2018-09-21

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status