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USN-1686-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

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USN-1686-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/24/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6

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