Critical 9.8Published Apr 26, 2017

CVE-2017-8287FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:25 AM ET)

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FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freetype freetype freetype:freetype	through 2.7.1	NVD

References

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941	third-party-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

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