Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freetype-demos-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-FREETYPEDEMOSDEBUGINFO-3057100
  • published20 Oct 2022
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 freetype-demos-debuginfo 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-debuginfo package and not the freetype-demos-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1