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 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 6, 2017
Added
Mar 21, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6
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