CVE-2018-17407 log

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Severity	High
Remote	No
Type	Arbitrary code execution
Description	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.

Group	Package	Affected	Fixed	Severity	Status	Ticket
AVG-770	texlive-bin	2018.47465-5	2018.48691-1	High	Fixed

Date	Advisory	Group	Package	Severity	Type
08 Dec 2018	ASA-201812-4	AVG-770	texlive-bin	High	arbitrary code execution

References
https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/6ed0077520e2b0da1fd060c7f88db7b2e6068e4c https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/commit/f1211fe16c19af8fee54146ae116e4e5c779e8b4