Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2022-27406 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system freetype Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU65638
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27406
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages:
i686:Vulnerable software versions
freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.i686
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.i686
freetype-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.i686
freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.i686
src:
freetype-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.src
x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.16.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
freetype: before 2.3.11-19.16
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1764.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.