CVE-2016-10244
N/A
Published: March 6, 2017 at 06:11 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFreeType
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 2.7.1
Affected range stops below 2.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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