Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7864
CVE-2017-7864
Description
FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords16 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%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%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%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%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%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ft2demos&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 2.6.3-7.15.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.3-7.15.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97673nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14nvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlnvd
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