Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions <2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FREETYPE-2774654
  • published24 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27406  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 freetype to version 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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