CVE-2017-7864

Critical

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

Summary

FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FreeType to a version after 2017-02-02 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.