MGASA-2017-0124: freetype2 Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 02-05-2017Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2017-0124 is a vulnerability in freetype2 Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-10328CVE-2017-8105CVE-2017-8287

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the FreeType library. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2016-10328). FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c (CVE-2017-8105). FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c (CVE-2017-8287).

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • freetype2< 2.5.4-2.3.mga5 | < 2.5.4-2.3.mga5.tainted

1 vendor · 1 product

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