FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (psread.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: fontforge

It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11572)

It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11571)

It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11574)

It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a buffer over-read. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11577)

It was discovered that FontForge wasn't correctly checking the sign of a vector size. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS. (CVE-2017-11576)