CVE-2017-7857

CRITICAL EPSS 88.1%
Published Apr 14, 20179y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Apr 14, 2017 9y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
88.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
freetypefreetype*≥2.7  –  <2.8

References 5

  • git.savannah.gnu.org http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7bbb91fbf47fc0775cc9705673caf0c47a81f94b
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97680
    Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=759
    Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
    Third Party Advisory
  • oracle.com https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • git.savannah.gnu.org http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7bbb91fbf47fc0775cc9705673caf0c47a81f94b
    PatchThird Party Advisory