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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.23% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- freetype/freetype · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.