CVE-2016-10244 (High) detected in servo-freetype-sys-4.0.5.crate

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CVE-2016-10244 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - servo-freetype-sys-4.0.5.crate

FreeType is a freely available software library to render fonts.

Library home page: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/servo-freetype-sys/4.0.5/download

Dependency Hierarchy:

• amethyst-0.15.3.crate (Root Library)
  • amethyst_ui-0.15.3.crate
    • font-kit-0.5.0.crate
      • servo-fontconfig-0.4.0.crate
        • servo-fontconfig-sys-4.0.9.crate
          • :x: servo-freetype-sys-4.0.5.crate (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: a5a175063bd51fcbbce0eaba88d1b9b6ad315911

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2017-03-06

URL: CVE-2016-10244

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10244

Release Date: 2017-03-06

Fix Resolution: VER-2-7

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