CVE-2016-10244
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.33%freetype - security update
Published: 3/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/freetypefrom 0, < 2.5.5-r1
- Debian/freetypefrom 0, < 2.6.3-3.1
- Debian/freetypefrom 0, < 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u4
- Debian/freetypefrom 0, < 2.5.2-3+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |