CVE-2016-10244

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 third party advisory release notes
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 exploit third party advisory patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10244?
CVE-2016-10244 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10244?
To fix CVE-2016-10244, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10244 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-10244 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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