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CVE-2017-11573

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

Affected products

• FontForge: 20161012

References

• https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098
• https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098

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