Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freetype package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.95% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470725
  • published2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed25 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-8287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freetype.

Overview

freetype is a freely available software library to render fonts

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. These writes are caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c. If a malformed font is supplied, it is possible that the contour variable is started but no points added, causing the buffer overflow.

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