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CVE-2018-17407
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-09-23T21:29:00.280 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:45:46.737

Summary

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.

Affected products

tug — tex_live

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References

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