ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-10244
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244
Upstream
Published
2017-03-06T06:59:00Z
Modified
2026-09-22T06:30:03Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244.json"

Alpine:v3.3 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.3-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244.json"

Alpine:v3.4 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.3-r1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244.json"