CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10244

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be vulnerable to attacks that lead to denial of service, affecting the availability of systems using this library.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FreeType to version 2.7 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS