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CVE-2017-11577

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11577 is a buffer over-read vulnerability in FontForge 20161012, specifically within the getsid function in parsettf.c. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .otf file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction and local access for exploitation, but could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2017-11577Low

fontforge: Buffer over-read in getsid function

Jun 14, 2017

References

github.com / fontforge/fontforge/issues/3088
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3958