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CVE-2018-17407Date: (C)2018-10-04   (M)2023-12-22


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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CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 7.8CVSS Score : 6.8
Exploit Score: 1.8Exploit Score: 8.6
Impact Score: 5.9Impact Score: 6.4
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: LOCALAccess Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: LOWAccess Complexity: MEDIUM
Privileges Required: NONEAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIREDConfidentiality: PARTIAL
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: PARTIAL
Confidentiality: HIGHAvailability: PARTIAL
Integrity: HIGH 
Availability: HIGH 
  
Reference:
DSA-4299
USN-3788-1
USN-3788-2
https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html

CPE    5
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::~~lts~~~
cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::~~lts~~~
...
CWE    1
CWE-119
OVAL    14
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1601373
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:704346
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:51142
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:503618
...

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