Bug 2077985 (CVE-2022-27406)

Summary:	CVE-2022-27406 Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sage McTaggart <amctagga>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ajax, caillon+fedoraproject, erik-fedora, fonts-bugs, gnome-sig, gparvin, jramanat, manisandro, mclasen, mkasik, njean, pahickey, rh-spice-bugs, rhughes, rjones, rstrode, sandmann, stcannon
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	freetype 2.12.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A segmentation fault was found in FreeType’s FT_Request_Size() function in the ftobjs.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to access a memory location in a way that could cause an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-12-05 03:03:27 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2079181, 2079182, 2079279, 2079280, 2079281
Bug Blocks:	2077982

Description Sage McTaggart 2022-04-22 19:03:29 UTC

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

http://freetype.com
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1140

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2022-04-27 06:57:13 UTC

Created freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2079181]


Created mingw-freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2079182]

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 10:21:40 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7745 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7745

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:59:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2022:8340 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8340

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-05 03:03:25 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-27406

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 16:47:56 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0420 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0420