Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting freetype-demos package, versions <0:2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.83% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-FREETYPEDEMOS-3057105
  • published20 Oct 2022
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 freetype-demos to version 0:2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-154.

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:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1