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ELSA-2012-0467 Important: Oracle Linux freetype security update

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ELSA-2012-0467 Important: Oracle Linux freetype security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/26/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2012
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted property data in a BDF font.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freetype
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freetype-demos
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-freetype-devel

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