CVE-2017-8287
Critical
CVE-2017-8287
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.
Exploit probability
3.5%
Published
April 27, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
96 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-8287
View original source
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html