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SUSE: CVE-2018-6942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-6942: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/13/2018
Created
05/27/2020
Added
05/24/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-freetype2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-freetype2-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-freetype2-profile-tti35
  • suse-upgrade-ft2demos
  • suse-upgrade-ftbench
  • suse-upgrade-ftdiff
  • suse-upgrade-ftdump
  • suse-upgrade-ftgamma
  • suse-upgrade-ftgrid
  • suse-upgrade-ftinspect
  • suse-upgrade-ftlint
  • suse-upgrade-ftmulti
  • suse-upgrade-ftstring
  • suse-upgrade-ftvalid
  • suse-upgrade-ftview
  • suse-upgrade-libfreetype6
  • suse-upgrade-libfreetype6-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:1353-1
  • USN-3572-1
  • CVE-2018-6942

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