CVE-2016-10244
High
CVE-2016-10244
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.
Exploit probability
3.2%
Published
March 6, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
95 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-10244
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html