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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470911
  • published2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed25 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-10244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Read. The library does not check if a font contains a glyph name, allowing a malicious user to send a font file to cause a heap-based buffer over-read.

CVSS Scores

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