Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freetype package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.25% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREETYPE-2774614
  • published23 Apr 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?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 freetype.

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.

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

References

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