CVE-2017-7864

Description

FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97673 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 vendor advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=e6699596af5c5d6f0ae0ea06e19df87dce088df8 third party advisory patch
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=509 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7864?
CVE-2017-7864 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7864?
To fix CVE-2017-7864, 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-2017-7864 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7864 is being actively exploited. 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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