Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.9.1-9.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.83% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-FREETYPEDEBUGINFO-3196749
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed22 Apr 2022

Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27405  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 freetype-debuginfo to version 0:2.9.1-9.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7745.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype-debuginfo package and not the freetype-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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