CVE-2023-45139
fonttools XML External Entity Injection (XXE) Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jan 10, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 4, 2023
Description
fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python. The subsetting module has a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability which allows an attacker to resolve arbitrary entities when a candidate font (OT-SVG fonts), which contains a SVG table, is parsed. This allows attackers to include arbitrary files from the filesystem fontTools is running on or make web requests from the host system. This vulnerability has been patched in version 4.43.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
fonttoolsfonttools |
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References
- https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/security/advisories/GHSA-6673-4983-2vx5
- https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/commit/9f61271dc1ca82ed91f529b130fe5dc5c9bf1f4c
- https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/releases/tag/4.43.0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VY63B4SGY4QOQGUXMECRGD6K3YT3GJ75/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/2
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