CVE-2016-10244

Exp

The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Published: 2017-03-06 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-10244 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-10244

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-10244

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-31 0.51% 0.33% -0.18%
2 2026-03-29 0.33% 0.51% +0.18%
3 2026-01-21 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-10244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-10244

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-10244

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-10244 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freetype), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10244
gentoo normal CVE-2016-10244: 1 GLSA(s) (201706-14), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/freetype); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-10244
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10244
suse medium CVE-2016-10244 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (beta1:libfreetype6-2.6.3-7.15.1, freetype2, …), 77 product×package rows across 44 product lines (Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, … (44 product lines)): Fixed 71, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10244/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-10244 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freetype), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-10244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freetype freetype < 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-10244

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