{"id":"MGASA-2018-0037","summary":"Updated fontforge packages fix security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that FontForge, a font editor, did not correctly\nvalidate its input. An attacker could use this flaw by tricking a user\ninto opening a maliciously crafted OpenType font file, thus causing a\ndenial-of-service via application crash, or execution of arbitrary code\n(CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11571, CVE-2017-11572,\nCVE-2017-11574, CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11576, CVE-2017-11577).\n","modified":"2026-02-01T14:19:03.118248Z","published":"2018-01-03T14:22:14Z","related":["CVE-2017-11568","CVE-2017-11569","CVE-2017-11571","CVE-2017-11572","CVE-2017-11574","CVE-2017-11575","CVE-2017-11576","CVE-2017-11577"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0037.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21634"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"fontforge","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/fontforge?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0-1.20120731.10.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0037.json"}},{"package":{"name":"fontforge","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/fontforge?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20161012-4.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0037.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}