| Name | CVE-2016-10244 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-848-1, DSA-3839-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 856971 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freetype (PTS) | stretch | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (security) | 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 2.10.4+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freetype | source | experimental | 2.7.1-0.1 | |||
| freetype | source | wheezy | 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u4 | DLA-848-1 | ||
| freetype | source | jessie | 2.5.2-3+deb8u2 | DSA-3839-1 | ||
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.6.3-3.1 | 856971 |
Fixed in 2.7: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog?h=VER-2-7
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36
Fixed by: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=a660e3de422731b94d4a134d27555430cbb6fb39 (VER-2-7)