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Vulnerability details: VCID-z5ee-2r27-syhk
Vulnerability ID VCID-z5ee-2r27-syhk
Aliases CVE-2018-17407
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-17407.json
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.01357 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
epss 0.0138 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
cvssv3 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-770
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-17407.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17407
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17407
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00230.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299
1632802 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632802
909317 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909317
ASA-201812-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-4
AVG-770 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-770
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-17407 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
RHSA-2020:1036 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1036
USN-3788-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
USN-3788-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-17407.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17407
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79407
EPSS Score 0.01357
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:53.366611+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/ 37.0.0