Buffer Overflow Affecting freetype package, versions <2.13.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-COCOAPODS-FREETYPE-5425131
  • published 17 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 14 Nov 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.13.0 or higher.

Overview

freetype is a freely available software library to render fonts

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the tt_hvadvance_adjust() function in src/truetype/ttgxvar.c.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.5 high
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Red Hat

5.3 medium
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SUSE

4.4 medium