[Bug 1429965] New: CVE-2016-10244 freetype: parse_charstrings function in type1/ t1load.c does not ensure that a font contains a glyph name

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429965

Bug ID: 1429965
           Summary: CVE-2016-10244 freetype: parse_charstrings function in
                    type1/t1load.c does not ensure that a font contains a
                    glyph name
           Product: Security Response
         Component: vulnerability
          Keywords: Security
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
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The parse_charstrings function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 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.

References:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=36

Upstream patch:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1l...