Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.3.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
25.73% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2381005
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Apr 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-0946  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.3.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Multiple integer overflows in FreeType 2.3.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to large values in certain inputs in (1) smooth/ftsmooth.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, and (3) cff/cffload.c.

CVSS Scores

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