Bug 1544771 (CVE-2018-6942)

Summary:	CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	ajax, alexl, fonts-bugs, john.j5live, kevin, mclasen, mkasik, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-02-13 13:36:41 UTC

An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.

Upstream patch:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-02-13 13:39:10 UTC

Created freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1544776]