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...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-6942
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1544775 1544776
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-13 13:36 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:39:50 UTC
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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]
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