CVE-2017-8287
freetype - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.80%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-8287
To remediate CVE-2017-8287, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/freetype—upgrade to 2.7.1-r1 or later
- Debian/freetype—upgrade to 2.6.3-3.2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u7 or later
Is CVE-2017-8287 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.7.1-r1
- from 0, < 2.6.3-3.2
- from 0, < 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |