Buffer overflow in FreeType - CVE-2016-10244
Published: March 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11093
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10244
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: freetype.org
Affected software:
FreeType
FreeType
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c due to a boundary error when it does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trigger buffer overflow and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c due to a boundary error when it does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file, trigger buffer overflow and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10244
Update to version 2.7.