UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8287

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8287
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8287.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8287
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Published
2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:15Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1builderclose_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-0ubuntu1
2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2
2.5.1-1ubuntu1
2.5.1-1ubuntu2
2.5.1-2ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.2-4ubuntu2
2.6.1-0.1ubuntu1
2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2
2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.1
2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}