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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-470911
  • published 2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 25 Aug 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 25 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-10244 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link 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

version 3.1
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Snyk

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