VDB
CVE-2016-10244
CVE-2016-10244
PUBLISHED
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 0.33% · 56.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.33%
56.5th 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 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 (nist-nvd)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 (circl)
- 1038090 (circl)
- GLSA-201706-14 (circl)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 (circl)
- 97405 (circl)
- DSA-3839 (circl)
- 1038201 (circl)
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (circl)
Timeline
- Mar 6, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 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