Out-of-Bounds Affecting freetype package, versions <2.6.3-3.2
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- published27 Apr 2017
- disclosed27 Apr 2017
Introduced: 27 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-8287 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 freetype to version 2.6.3-3.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8287
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8287
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8287