9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-8105
FreeType 2 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Description

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.

INFO

Published Date :

April 24, 2017, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 26, 2021, 12:33 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-8105 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8105 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Freetype freetype
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
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Dockerfile Shell

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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Born at : Sept. 16, 2021, 5:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-8105 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8105 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093 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) 2.7.1 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. 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]

    Jun. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f958c48ee431bef8d4d466b40c9cb2d4dbcb7791 No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f958c48ee431bef8d4d466b40c9cb2d4dbcb7791 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.18 }} 0.20%

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0.82913

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