vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-44989c29-67d1-11e6-8b1d-c86000169601 (CVE-2016-5384): fontconfig -- insufficiently cache file validation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 21, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Debian security team reports: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that cache files are insufficiently validated in fontconfig, a generic font configuration library. An attacker can trigger arbitrary free() calls, which in turn allows double free attacks and therefore arbitrary code execution. In combination with setuid binaries using crafted cache files, this could allow privilege escalation.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-fontconfig
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