CVE-2016-10244

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10244
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-06 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-26 12:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Android Freetype CVE-2016-10244 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Android Security Bulletin—April 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com Third Party Advisory
Google Android Multiple Flaws Let Users Deny Service, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Gain Elevated Privileges and Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ChangeLog - freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3839-1 freetype DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-14) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
FreeType parse_charstrings() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
36 - Heap-buffer-overflow in ps_check_extra_glyph_name - oss-fuzz - Monorail CONFIRM bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710396 Gentoo Linux FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-14)
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