Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2017-8105
FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:4.19%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| freetype | freetype | all |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
4.188%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2017-04-24T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2017-04-24T18:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2017-04-24 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-05T16:27:22 |
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