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Vulnerability details: VCID-vpx8-jnrx-aaaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-vpx8-jnrx-aaaq
Aliases CVE-2016-10244
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-10244.html
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10244.json
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generic_textual Medium https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429965
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 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
generic_textual Medium https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3237-1
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-10244.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10244.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-10244
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
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://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3237-1
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97405
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038090
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
1429965 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429965
856971 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=856971
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-10244 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
USN-3237-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3237-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-10244.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:M/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: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10244
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.56461
EPSS Score 0.00378
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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