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CVE-2018-17407
high
Description
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.
References
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c