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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10328
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: freetype.org
Affected software:
FreeType

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10328

Update to version 2.7.1.

Sources