CVE-2017-7857 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeType 2, affecting versions prior to 2017-03-08, specifically related to font parsing functions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows for remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.7, < 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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