High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-11568

Description

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

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Affected products

Fontforge/Fontforge2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 20161012
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/suse/fontforge&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4
Range: < 20170731-11.8.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3089nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958nvd

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