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
0.91% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470737
  • published2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2017-7864  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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. 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

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