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Ubuntu: USN-3237-1 (CVE-2016-10244): FreeType vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3237-1 (CVE-2016-10244): FreeType vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/21/2017
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6

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