CVE-2016-5384

HIGH

Fedora < 2.12.1 - Double Free

Title source: rule

Description

fontconfig before 2.12.1 does not validate offsets, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary free calls and consequently conduct double free attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted cache file.

References (8)

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2601.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3644

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92339

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3063-1

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CJ45VRAMCIISHOVKFVOQYQUSTUJP7FC/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGOS4YYB7UYAWX5AEXJZHDIX4ZMSXSW5/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 41.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-415

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

fedoraproject/fedora

fontconfig_project/fontconfig < 2.12.1

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Aug 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026