High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17407
CVE-2018-17407
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.
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Affected products
15- Range: <2018-09-21
- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/texlive&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/texlive&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 2021.20210325.svn34398-76.3+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2021.20210325.svn34398-76.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2017.20170520-11.8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2013.20130620-22.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299nvdThird Party Advisory
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