MGASA-2017-0124

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    MGASA-2017-0124

    Published: 2 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the FreeType library. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2016-10328). FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c (CVE-2017-8105). 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 (CVE-2017-8287).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0124.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20720, https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3263-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freetype2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/freetype2?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.4-2.3.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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