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CVE-2017-7858

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-07 has an out-of-bounds write related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.02409
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

1
freetype<= 2.7.1
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD14 Apr 2017 · 04:59 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=779309744222a736eba0f1731e8162fce6288d4ePatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97682Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=738Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
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