Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting freetype package, versions <0:2.10.4-9.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.33% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FREETYPE-12318833
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27406  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 freetype to version 0:2.10.4-9.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:8340.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

References

CVSS Base Scores

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