ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
  2. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
  3. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
  4. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
  5. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
  6. https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
  7. https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
  8. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
  9. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
  10. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299