CVE - CVE-2016-10244

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-10244	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:97405 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405 CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7 CONFIRM:https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36 CONFIRM:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 DEBIAN:DSA-3839 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 GENTOO:GLSA-201706-14 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 MISC:https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html SECTRACK:1038090 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090 SECTRACK:1038201 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170306	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170306)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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