UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11570

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11570
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11570.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11570
Upstream
Published
2017-07-23T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:25Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20170731~dfsg-1build1
1:20170731~dfsg-2
1:20190801~dfsg-2
1:20190801~dfsg-2ubuntu1
1:20190801~dfsg-4

1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.*

1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdraw6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20201107~dfsg-4
1:20201107~dfsg-4build1

1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.*

1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-1build1
1:20230101~dfsg-1build2

1:20230101~dfsg-1.*

1:20230101~dfsg-1.1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20230101~dfsg-4build1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-4
1:20230101~dfsg-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-4build1",
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20230101~dfsg-8?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-4build1
1:20230101~dfsg-4build2
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8",
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20120731.*

20120731.b-5
20120731.b-5ubuntu1
20120731.b-7.1
20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1
20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libgdraw4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1ubuntu1
1:20170731~dfsg-1

1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.*

1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libfontforge2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libgdraw5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge"
        }
    ]
}