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    CVE-2017-7857

    FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

    Published:Mar 8, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Apr 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.02549
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freetype
    Product
    Freetype

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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