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CVE-2017-8287

freetype: heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0freetype22.7.1-7.ph1
Photon OS 2.0freetype22.7.1-5.ph2
alpine 3.10freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.11freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.12freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.13freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.14freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.15freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.16freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.17freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.18freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.19freetype2.7.1-r1
Show all 45 entries from 42 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0freetype22.7.1-7.ph1
Photon OS 2.0freetype22.7.1-5.ph2
alpine 3.10freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.11freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.12freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.13freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.14freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.15freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.16freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.17freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.18freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.19freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.2freetype2.5.5-r1
alpine 3.20freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.21freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.22freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.23freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.24freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.3freetype2.6.3-r0
alpine 3.4freetype2.6.3-r1
alpine 3.5freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.6freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.7freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.8freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine 3.9freetype2.7.1-r1
alpine edgefreetype2.7.1-r1
debian 11freetype2.6.3-3.2
debian 12freetype2.6.3-3.2
debian 13freetype2.6.3-3.2
debian 14freetype2.6.3-3.2
debian 7freetype2.4.9-1.1+deb7u7
debian 8freetype2.5.2-3+deb8u2
echofreetype2.6.3-3.2
Red Hatfreetypeno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-demosno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-develno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-freetype2.6.3-3.2
seal Red Hat 6freetype2.3.11-19.el6_10+sp2
seal Red Hat 6seal-freetype2.3.11-19.el6_10+sp2
ubuntu 14.04freetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8
ubuntu 14.04-ESMfreetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8
ubuntu 16.04freetype2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3
ubuntu 16.04-ESMfreetype2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3
ubuntu 16.10freetype2.6.3-3ubuntu1.3
ubuntu 17.04freetype2.6.3-3ubuntu2.2

References

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