| Name | CVE-2016-5384 |
| Description | fontconfig before 2.12.1 does not validate offsets, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary free calls and consequently conduct double free attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted cache file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-587-1, DSA-3644-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 833570 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| fontconfig (PTS) | buster | 2.13.1-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.13.1-4.2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.14.1-4 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.15.0-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html
Fixed by: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940 (2.12.1)