CVE-2017-7857
CRITICALFreeType 2.7-2.8 - Out-of-bounds Write in TT_Get_MM_Var and sfnt_init_face
Title source: llmDescription
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7bbb91fbf47fc0775cc9705673caf0c47a81f94b
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97680
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=759
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0363
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
freetype/freetype
2.7 - 2.8
Published
Apr 14, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026