CVE-2017-7858

Critical

Published: 14/04/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized memory access, potentially resulting in application crashes or execution of malicious code.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FreeType to a version after 2017-03-07 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.