Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8287
CVE-2017-8287
Description
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.
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Affected products
23- osv-coords22 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/freetype2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg: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+ 21 more
- (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
- (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: < 2.13.3-1.1
- (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
7- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14nvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvd
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