Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10328 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
FreeType 2 before 2016-12-16 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the cff_parser_run function in cff/cffparse.c.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-918.NASL description It was found that an out of bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow could be triggered in freetype via a crafted font. This update also reverts the fix for CVE-2016-10328, as it was determined that freetype 2.4.9 is not affected by that issue. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-04-27 plugin id 99692 published 2017-04-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99692 title Debian DLA-918-1 : freetype security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-918-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(99692); script_version("3.7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8105"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-918-1 : freetype security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was found that an out of bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow could be triggered in freetype via a crafted font. This update also reverts the fix for CVE-2016-10328, as it was determined that freetype 2.4.9 is not affected by that issue. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6. We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/04/msg00037.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/freetype" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype2-demos"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreetype6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreetype6-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreetype6-udeb"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"freetype2-demos", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-dev", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-udeb", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-900.NASL description The Freetype 2 font engine was vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the cff_parser_run function in cff/cffparse.c. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-04-18 plugin id 99421 published 2017-04-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99421 title Debian DLA-900-1 : freetype security update NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-0837-1.NASL description This update for freetype2 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed : - CVE-2016-10328: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in cff_parser_run function in cff/cffparse.c (bsc#1034191). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 108744 published 2018-03-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108744 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0837-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3263-1.NASL description It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the FreeType library. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99583 published 2017-04-21 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99583 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : freetype vulnerability (USN-3263-1) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201706-14.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-14 (FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted font file using FreeType, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100657 published 2017-06-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100657 title GLSA-201706-14 : FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=beecf80a6deecbaf5d264d4f864451bde4fe98b8
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=beecf80a6deecbaf5d264d4f864451bde4fe98b8
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=49858
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=49858
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97677
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97677
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=289
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=289
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html