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
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%
FontForge is a PostScript font editor and converter.
FontForge is vulnerable to an error when processing the “CHARSET_REGISTRY” header in font files, which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted BDF file using FontForge font editor, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the FontForge process, or a Denial of Service (application crash).
There is no known workaround at this time.
All FontForge users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/fontforge-20110222-r1"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since October 12, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | media-gfx/fontforge | < 20110222-r1 | UNKNOWN |