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Vulnerability details: VCID-1ar5-kcnv-aaar
Vulnerability ID VCID-1ar5-kcnv-aaar
Aliases CVE-2017-8287
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-8287.html
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446073
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10244
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8105
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8287
cvssv2 2.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8287
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8287
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-257
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-258
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-2
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
generic_textual LOW https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-8287.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8287.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8287
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10244
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8105
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8287
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-2
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091
1446073 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446073
861308 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861308
ASA-201705-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-10
ASA-201705-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201705-7
AVG-257 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-257
AVG-258 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-258
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-8287 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8287
USN-3282-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3282-1/
USN-3282-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3282-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8287.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

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low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8287
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8287
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72961
EPSS Score 0.00861
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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