Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.7.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2381007
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-10244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.7.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. 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.

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