UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17407

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17407
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17407.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17407
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Published
2018-09-23T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:02Z
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 - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2013.*

2013.20130529.30792-1build2
2013.20130729.30972-2
2013.20130729.30972-2build1
2013.20130729.30972-2build2
2013.20130729.30972-2build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "texlive-binaries"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2015.*

2015.20150524.37493-5build1
2015.20150524.37493-7
2015.20150524.37493-7build1
2015.20150524.37493-7build4
2015.20160222.37495-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsynctex-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsynctex1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexlua52"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexlua52-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexluajit-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexluajit2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "texlive-binaries"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / texlive-bin

Package

Name
texlive-bin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2017.*

2017.20170613.44572-5build1
2017.20170613.44572-5build2
2017.20170613.44572-6
2017.20170613.44572-6build1
2017.20170613.44572-6ubuntu1
2017.20170613.44572-8build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libkpathsea6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libptexenc1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsynctex-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libsynctex1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexlua52"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexlua52-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexluajit-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libtexluajit2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "texlive-binaries"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}