CVE-2017-7864

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-02-02
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1444911: CVE-2017-7864 freetype: heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-7864 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freetype Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freetype Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freetype Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Not affected

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