Bug 2077989 (CVE-2022-27404) - CVE-2022-27404 FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face
Summary: CVE-2022-27404 FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-27404
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2079203 2079204 2079270 2079271 2079272
Blocks: 2077982
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-22 19:06 UTC by Sage McTaggart
Modified: 2024-01-24 16:48 UTC (History)
18 users (show)

Fixed In Version: freetype 2.12.0
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A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Freetype’s sfnt_init_face() function in the sfobjs.c file. The vulnerability occurs when creating a face with a strange file and invalid index. This flaw allows an attacker to read a small amount of memory, causing the application to crash.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-05 03:33:27 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7745 0 None None None 2022-11-08 10:21:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8340 0 None None None 2022-11-15 10:59:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:0420 0 None None None 2024-01-24 16:47:59 UTC

Description Sage McTaggart 2022-04-22 19:06:13 UTC 
FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1138
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2022-04-27 07:57:25 UTC 
Created freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2079203]


Created mingw-freetype tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2079204]
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 10:21:44 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 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 10:59:55 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 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-05 03:33:24 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-2022-27404
Comment 8 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
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