CVE-2017-7858
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 14, 2017 at 04:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeType
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.7.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=779309744222a736eba0f1731e8162fce6288d4eVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97682x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=738Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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