CVE-2017-7858

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7858
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-14 04:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-26 12:33:00 UTC
DescriptionFreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
738 - freetype2: Crash in TT_Get_MM_Var - oss-fuzz - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-14) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
FreeType 2 CVE-2017-7858 Multiple Out Of Bounds Write Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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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