Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-10328: FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
2024 Attack Intel Report Latest research by Rapid7 Labs
Back to Search

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-10328: FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

FreeType 2 before 2016-12-16 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the cff_parser_run function in cff/cffparse.c.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-freetype

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;