SB2022072115 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType
Published: July 21, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27405)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "FNT_Size_Request" function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27404)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in the "sfnt_init_face" function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27406)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "FT_Request_Size" function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://freetype.com
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1139
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDU2FOEMCEF6WVR6ZBIH5MT5O7FAK6UP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYVC2NPKKXKP3TWJWG4ONYWNO6ZPHLA5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFPNRKDLCXHZVYYQLQMP44UHLU32GA6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWQ7IB2A75MEHM63WEUXBYEC7OR5SGDY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCEMWCM46PKM4U5ENRASPKQD6JDOLKRU/
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1138
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1140