VDB
CVE-2016-10244
CVE-2016-10244
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 3.37% · 88.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.37%
88.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | freetype | 0, 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2, 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | freetype | 0, 2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2, 2.5.2-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Mar 6, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10244 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 third-party-advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3237-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10244 third-party-advisory