CVE-2016-10244
FreeType 2 Heap Based Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 6, 2017, 6:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-10244 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2016-10244 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Added Reference https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Added Reference https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jan. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.7.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.7.1 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 No Types Assigned https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.7.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 12, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-125 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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Exploit Prediction
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1.06 }} 0.12%
score
0.84093
percentile