CVE - CVE-2018-17407

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-17407	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4299 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299 MISC:https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c MISC:https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html UBUNTU:USN-3788-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3788-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180923	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180923)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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