Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions <2.10.4-r3


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (66th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
7.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-FREETYPE-2839593
  • published 18 May 2022
  • disclosed 22 Apr 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 freetype to version 2.10.4-r3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request.