CVE-2018-17407

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17407.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17407

Related

Published

2018-09-23T21:29:00Z

Modified

2024-09-18T02:58:24.083936Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

An issue was discovered in t1checkunusual_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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / texlive-bin

Package

Name: texlive-bin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / texlive-bin

Package

Name: texlive-bin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / texlive-bin

Package

Name: texlive-bin
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/texlive-bin?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2018.20180907.48586-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/tex-live/texlive-source

Affected ranges

Type: GIT
Repo: https://github.com/tex-live/texlive-source
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Fixed

6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c

Affected versions

texlive-2018.*

texlive-2018.0