Out-of-bounds Write Affecting freetype-devel package, versions <0:2.10.4-9.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.74% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-FREETYPEDEVEL-12318828
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • 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?

Upgrade RHEL:9 freetype-devel 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-devel package and not the freetype-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

References

CVSS Base Scores

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