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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-11569

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-23 Jul, 2017 | 22:29

Updated At-13 May, 2026 | 00:24

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in readttfcopyrights (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 7.8

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

fontforge>>fontforge>>20161012

cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-125	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-125

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3093	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	N/A
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3093	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory