Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting freetype package, versions <0:2.8-14.el7_9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
7.89% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREETYPE-1531110
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Oct 2020

Introduced: 19 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 freetype to version 0:2.8-14.el7_9.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4907.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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