Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting freetype package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.95% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREETYPE-1372305
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed26 Mar 2017

Introduced: 26 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-8287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 freetype.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.