Critical severity · published Apr 14, 2017
CVE-2017-7858
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c
9.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
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
FR
Freetype · Freetype
through 2.7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7858
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7858
Patch
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=779309744222a736eba0f1731e8162fce6288d4e
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97682
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=738
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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