Code execution via unchecked path-point dereference
Published Mar 31, 2011 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Invalid pointer dereference in t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Type 1 font. The Type 1 path-building routines RLineTo, RRCurveTo, and FlxProc index the ppoints array without first ensuring that it exists and contains the required prior points. A user must open a PDF containing the font; resulting code runs with that user's privileges, while malformed input can instead crash the linked application.
Summary
What happened
Invalid pointer dereference in t1lib 5.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Type 1 font. The Type 1 path-building routines RLineTo, RRCurveTo, and FlxProc index the ppoints array without first ensuring that it exists and contains the required prior points. A user must open a PDF containing the font; resulting code runs with that user's privileges, while malformed input can instead crash the linked application.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2011-0764
- Published
- Mar 31, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 31, 2011CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- testz.2184122398.pdf Type 1 font demonstratorproof of concept · demonstrated
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