Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting freetype-demos package, versions <0:2.8-14.amzn2.1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FREETYPEDEMOS-3243999
  • published21 Jan 2023
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27406  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 freetype-demos to version 0:2.8-14.amzn2.1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1909.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype-demos package and not the freetype-demos package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1