vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3237-1 (CVE-2016-10244): FreeType vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 6, 2017 | Mar 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 6, 2017
Added
Mar 21, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6
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