Memory corruption in FreeType - CVE-2016-10328

 

Memory corruption in FreeType - CVE-2016-10328

Published: April 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11788
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10328
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in the cff_parser_run function in cff/cffparse.c due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

FreeType
Oracle Outside In Technology
Ubuntu
Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10328

Update to version 2.7.1.

Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) - update to 2pet16c-2.5.12c

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