Out-of-Bounds Affecting freetype package, versions <2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.95% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-FREETYPE-380012
  • published27 Apr 2017
  • disclosed27 Apr 2017

Introduced: 27 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 freetype to version 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.