CVE-2016-10244

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

• CWE-125

• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Published

Mar 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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