High severity · published Mar 6, 2017
CVE-2016-10244
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…
7.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FR
Freetype · Freetype
before 2.7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10244
Release Notes
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
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