CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17407
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• tug tex live (< 2018-09-21)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299 Third Party Advisory