CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5384
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415
Description
fontconfig before 2.12.1 does not validate offsets, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary free calls and consequently conduct double free attacks and execute arbitrary code via a crafted cache file.
Affected configurations
• fedoraproject fedora 23
• fedoraproject fedora 24
• fontconfig project fontconfig (< 2.12.1)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2601.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3644 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92339 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3063-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CJ45VRAMCIISHOVKFVOQYQUSTUJP7FC/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGOS4YYB7UYAWX5AEXJZHDIX4ZMSXSW5/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2601.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3644 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92339 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3063-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CJ45VRAMCIISHOVKFVOQYQUSTUJP7FC/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGOS4YYB7UYAWX5AEXJZHDIX4ZMSXSW5/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory