CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-11575

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in strnmatch (char.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file, related to a call from the readttfcopyrights function in parsettf.c.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fontforgeDebian
Fixed in:1:20170731~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11575
Fixed in:1:20170731~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11575
Fixed in:1:20170731~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11575
Fixed in:1:20170731~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11575
fontforgeUbuntu
Fixed in:20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1USN-3409-1
fontforge-commonUbuntu
Fixed in:20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1USN-3409-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.