CVE-2016-10244 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-10244?

CVE-2016-10244 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10244?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Freetype Freetype.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10244?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-10244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-10244, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10244, DLA-848-1, GHSA-6vgf-3977-2x4f, MGASA-2017-0085, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10244 and 1 more.