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CVE-2017-8105

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8105 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeType 2, specifically affecting versions prior to 2017-03-24, including Debian distributions. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (Critical), allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity over the network. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freetype

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8105Moderate

freetype: heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings

Mar 24, 2017

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-14
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3839
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99093
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry