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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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Tug ≫ Tex Live Version < 2018-09-21
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version 14.04 SwEdition lts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version 16.04 SwEdition lts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version 18.04 SwEdition lts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version 18.10
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version 8.0
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version 9.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 2.06% 0.788
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NIST 6.8 8.6 6.4
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
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
Third Party Advisory
Mailing List
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
Third Party Advisory