CVE-2017-8287

Published: Apr 27, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Freetype: Freetype

Freetype

1 product

Freetype

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freetype Freetype	Up to 2.7.1

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (14)

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0