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osvGoogleOSV:CVE-2018-17407
HistorySep 23, 2018 - 9:29 p.m.

CVE-2018-17407

2018-09-2321:29:00
Google
osv.dev
9

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.3%

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.