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GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2017-85
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published October 5, 2017
The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 did not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file (CVE-2016-10244).
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Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiatexstudio0 (affected), 2.12.6-1.mga6 (unaffected)—
Mageiafreetype20 (affected), 2.5.4-2.1.mga5 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 2.5.4-2.1.mga5.tainted (unaffected), 0 (affected), 2.5.4-2.1.mga5 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 2.5.4-2.1.mga5.tainted (unaffected)—

Aliases

CVE-2016-10244

Transitive aliases

SUSE-SU-2018:0462-1GHSA-6vgf-3977-2x4fGSD-2016-10244CNVD-2017-03193EUVD-2016-1429BDU:2017-00884

References

Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability
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Updated texstudio packages fix repeated new version reminders
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Updated texstudio packages fix repeated new version reminders
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