Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freetype package, versions >=0.0.0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.91% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470737
- published 2 Oct 2019
- disclosed 22 Feb 2016
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 22 Feb 2016
CVE-2017-7864 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.