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CVE-2018-17407

Public on 2018-09-23
Modified on 2020-07-17
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 texlive 2020-06-23 06:44 ALAS-2020-1388
Amazon Linux 2 - Core texlive 2020-07-14 02:48 ALAS2-2020-1461

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H