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CVE-2017-11569

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11569 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in FontForge 20161012, specifically within the readttfcopyrights function, which can be triggered by a crafted otf file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of Denial of Service or even arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), its impact can be severe. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20161012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: fontforge
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: fontforge

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11569Low

fontforge: Heap-buffer over-read in readttfcopyrights function

Jun 14, 2017

References

github.com / fontforge/fontforge/issues/3093
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3958