Improper Input Validation Affecting freetype-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREETYPEDEVEL-1346036
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Aug 2016

Introduced: 25 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-10244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 freetype-devel.

NVD Description

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

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.