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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-freetype | Sep 20, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-freetype | May 1, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-freetype2 | May 18, 2017 | May 17, 2017 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-freetype | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-freetypehuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-freetype-devel | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-freetypehuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-freetype-devel | Nov 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-system-library-freetype-2-2-8-0-175-3-24-0-3-1539 | Sep 19, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-freetype2suse-upgrade-freetype2-32bitsuse-upgrade-freetype2-develsuse-upgrade-freetype2-devel-32bitsuse-upgrade-freetype2-x86suse-upgrade-ft2demossuse-upgrade-libfreetype6suse-upgrade-libfreetype6-32bit | Feb 14, 2018 | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6 | May 9, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 |
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