FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade freetype | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade freetype | May 1, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade freetype2 | May 18, 2017 | May 17, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade media-libs/freetype. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade freetype-develUpgrade freetype | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade freetype-develUpgrade freetype | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade system/library/freetype-2 to version 2.8-0.175.3.24.0.3.1539 on Solaris 11.3 | Sep 19, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade freetype2-devel-32bitUpgrade libfreetype6Upgrade freetype2Upgrade freetype2-develUpgrade freetype2-x86Upgrade freetype2-32bitUpgrade ft2demosUpgrade libfreetype6-32bit | Feb 14, 2018 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libfreetype6 | May 9, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
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