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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-03-05 22:59

Updated : 2021-01-26 04:33

NVD link : CVE-2016-10244

Mitre link : CVE-2016-10244

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

freetype

freetype

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