Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libsdl2-ttf  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBSDL2TTF-2809359
  • published7 May 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2022

Introduced: 4 May 2022

CVE-2022-27470  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsdl2-ttf package and not the libsdl2-ttf package as distributed by Debian.

SDL_ttf v2.0.18 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary memory write via the function TTF_RenderText_Solid(). This vulnerability is triggered via a crafted TTF file.