Bug 1472225 (CVE-2017-7777) - CVE-2017-7777 graphite2: use of uninitialized memory "graphite2::GlyphCache::Loader::read_glyph"
Summary: CVE-2017-7777 graphite2: use of uninitialized memory "graphite2::GlyphCache::...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-7777
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1472290 1472291 1472292
Blocks: 1469141
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-18 09:33 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-25 23:51 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: graphite2 1.3.10
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The use of uninitialized memory related to "graphite2::GlyphCache::Loader::read_glyph" has been reported in graphite2. An attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to negatively impact the execution of an application using graphite2 in unknown ways.
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Last Closed: 2017-07-21 09:13:15 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:1793 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: graphite2 security update 2017-07-21 03:16:00 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2017-07-18 09:33:06 UTC 
The use of uninitialized memory related to "graphite2::GlyphCache::Loader::read_glyph" has been reported in graphite2. An attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to negatively impact the execution of an application
using graphite2 in unknown ways.
Comment 1 Stefan Cornelius 2017-07-18 09:33:23 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Holger Fuhrmannek, Tyson Smith
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2017-07-18 09:39:32 UTC 
External References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/#CVE-2017-7778
https://sourceforge.net/p/silgraphite/mailman/message/35824024/
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-20 23:17:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1793 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1793
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