CVE-2016-10244

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-10244
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-06T06:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-01-26T12:33:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.7.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10244
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:26:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:26:14 2017-03-06T06:59Z 2017-03-06T06:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:26:14 2021-01-26T12:33:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:26:15 Modified Vulnerability Status updated