Bug 2077985 (CVE-2022-27406) - CVE-2022-27406 Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size
Summary: CVE-2022-27406 Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-27406
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: 2079181 2079182 2079279 2079280 2079281
Blocks: 2077982
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-04-22 19:03 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 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.
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Last Closed: 2022-12-05 03:03:27 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 10:21:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:8340 0 None None None 2022-11-15 10:59:50 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 19:03:29 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
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