DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10244

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	freetype	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	freetype	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	freetype	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	freetype	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Mar 6, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10244 advisory

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