Bug 1544771 – CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function

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Bug 1544771 - (CVE-2018-6942) CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function

Summary:	CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() fu...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-6942

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1544775 1544776
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Reported:	2018-02-13 08:36 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-04-17 18:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	10 users (show)

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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-02-13 08:36:41 EST

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 08:39:10 EST

Created freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1544776]

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