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CVE-2016-10244

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Date: March 6, 2017

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10244
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10244
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10244

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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