vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-6942)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 13, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 13, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 before 2.9.1. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to denial of service via a crafted font file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2018-6942
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6942
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
- URL-https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
- URL-https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-3
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
- URL-https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- CWE-476
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