CVE-2016-10244 (GCVE-0-2016-10244)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-06 06:11
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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