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SUSE-SU-2018:0414-1 Not scored

Security update for freetype2

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103) - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807) - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c (bsc#1036457) - Fix several integer overflow issues in truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published February 9, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ft2demos
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 freetype2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 freetype2

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:0414-1

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103) - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807) - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c (bsc#1036457) - Fix several integer overflow issues in truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

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05 / REFERENCES

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