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Critical
CVE-2017-7857
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by...
Vulnerability Description
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7bbb91fbf47fc0775cc9705673caf0c47a81f94b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97680
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=759
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 14th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.