VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8105
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.36% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- freetype/freetype · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f958c48ee431bef8d4d466b40c9cb2d4dbcb7791Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f958c48ee431bef8d4d466b40c9cb2d4dbcb7791Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.