CVE-2017-8105

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8105
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-24 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-26 12:33:00 UTC
DescriptionFreeType 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

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
935 - freetype2: Heap-buffer-overflow in t1_builder_add_point - oss-fuzz - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org 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 2 CVE-2017-8105 Out of Bounds Write Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500191 Alpine Linux Security Update for freetype
  • 503931 Alpine Linux Security Update for freetype
  • 710396 Gentoo Linux FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-14)
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