CVE-2016-5384

Publication date 8 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
fontconfig 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.11.94-0ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.11.94-0ubuntu2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.11.0-0ubuntu4.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.8.0-3ubuntu9.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
fontconfig

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3063-1
    • Fontconfig vulnerability
    • 17 August 2016

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