High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-10244
CVE-2016-10244
Description
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.
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Affected products
24- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 2.6.3-7.15.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.7-25.45.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.7-25.45.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.7-25.45.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.7-25.45.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.7-25.45.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLognvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlnvd
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