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Red Hat: CVE-2018-6942: freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 13, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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