Upstream information

CVE-2017-11572 at MITRE

Description

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

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.8 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Medium Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.8 6.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High Low
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1050187 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • fontforge >= 20170731-11.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2236
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • fontforge >= 20170731-11.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA fontforge-20170731-11.8.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 fontforge Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 fontforge Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 fontforge Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 fontforge Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 fontforge Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 fontforge Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 fontforge Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 fontforge Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jul 24 03:41:35 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:56:28 2023