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DEBIAN-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 attac...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 freetype

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.3-3.1"}]}]

Debian:13 freetype

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.3-3.1"}]}]

Debian:14 freetype

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.3-3.1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org