Is CVE-2018-17407 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-17407 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-17407?

CVE-2018-17407 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-17407?

CVE-2018-17407 has an EPSS score of 2.06% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17407?

Upgrade texlive-bin on debian 11 to 2018.20180907.48586-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17407

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

texlive-binDebian

Fixed in:2018.20180907.48586-2CVE-2018-17407

texlive-binUbuntu

Fixed in:2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

Fixed in:2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

Fixed in:2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

texlive-binariesUbuntu

Fixed in:2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

Fixed in:2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

Fixed in:2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1USN-3788-1

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

2.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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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 2024-11-21.