CVE-2018-17407

2018-09-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

61.4%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909317>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu18.10noarchtexlive-bin< 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchtexlive-bin< 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	18.10	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	texlive-bin	< 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1	UNKNOWN