UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8287

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8287

    Published: 26 Apr 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8287

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8287, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8287

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freetype

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8

    Affected versions

    2.4.12-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High