CVE-2017-7857

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=759	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7bbb91fbf47fc0775cc9705673caf0c47a81f94b	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97680	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

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Configurations

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

Information

Published : 2017-04-13 21:59

Updated : 2021-01-26 04:33

NVD link : CVE-2017-7857

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7857

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

freetype

freetype

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