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CVE-2017-7857

freetype: heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 8, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

FreeType 2 before 2017-03-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the TT_Get_MM_Var function in truetype/ttgxvar.c and the sfnt_init_face function in sfnt/sfobjs.c.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow