CVE-2016-10244

Publication date 6 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freetype 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.6.3-3ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.6.3-3ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
freetype

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H