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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.91% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470737
  • published 2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 22 Feb 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

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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. A malicious user can use this to cause a system crash or to overwrite variables currently in the buffer. This is possible through the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High