FreeBSD: fontconfig -- insufficiently cache file validation (CVE-2016-5384)
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
08/12/2016
07/25/2018
08/22/2016
10/30/2017
Description
fontconfig before 2.12.1 does not validate offsets, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary free calls and consequently conduct double free attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted cache file.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-fontconfig
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