Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-17407

Title: Tug Tex Live Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-17407.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Sep 23, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-17407: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299 https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-17407 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.