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CVE-2016-10244

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Published

2017-03-06T06:59:00.177

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freetype	freetype	< 2.7.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)