7.8
CWE
415
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-5384: Double Free

First published: Fri Aug 12 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
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

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