Out-of-Bounds Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.4.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.82% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2381019
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jan 2013

CVE-2012-5669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.4.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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