CVE-2016-5384
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-08-12 16:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d476e9154fe95cbc4bdd0e1eb65e9e4ac22e70fe04a39ed37497ca6aee94e2c6
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e23ab56ce3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGOS4YYB7UYAWX5AEXJZHDIX4ZMSXSW5/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3063-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3063-1
- lists.freedesktop.org[Fontconfig] 20160805 fontconfig: Branch 'master' - 3 commitshttps://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2016-August/005792.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2601http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2601.html
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/commit/?id=7a4a5bd7897d216f0794ca9dbce0a4a5c9d14940
- www.securityfocus.com92339http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92339
- www.debian.orgDSA-3644http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3644
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-6802f2e52ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CJ45VRAMCIISHOVKFVOQYQUSTUJP7FC/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fontconfig Fixed in 2.11.0-6.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fontconfig Fixed in 2.11.0-6.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fontconfig Fixed in 2.11.0-6.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- fontconfig Fixed in 2.11.0-0ubuntu4.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- fontconfig Fixed in 2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.