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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-10328 · published 14 April 2017

CVE-2016-10328: Freetype out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Freetype · Freetype

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 3.7% · top 10.7% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
3.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=beecf80a6deecbaf5d264d4f864451bde4fe98b8 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=49858 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97677 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=289 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=beecf80a6deecbaf5d264d4f864451bde4fe98b8 PatchThird Party Advisory
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=49858 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97677 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=289 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-10328), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.