CVE-2022-27404 (Critical) detected in freetypefreetype-2.10.4

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CVE-2022-27404 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - freetypefreetype-2.10.4

A free, high-quality, and portable font engine

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/

Found in HEAD commit: e6580209fab1312cb824a455d2df99df8a9fb156

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/thirdparty/freetype/src/sfnt/sfobjs.c

Vulnerability Details

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Publish Date: 2022-04-22

URL: CVE-2022-27404

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27404

Release Date: 2022-04-22

Fix Resolution: freetype2-doc - 2.11.1+dfsg-2;libfreetype6-udeb - 2.11.1+dfsg-2;libfreetype6-dev - 2.11.1+dfsg-2;freetype2-demos - 2.11.1+dfsg-2;libfreetype6 - 2.11.1+dfsg-2;libfreetype-dev - 2.11.1+dfsg-2

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