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Ubuntu: USN-3572-1 (CVE-2018-6942): FreeType vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3572-1 (CVE-2018-6942): FreeType vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/13/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/15/2018
Modified
06/25/2020

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libfreetype6

References

  • USN-3572-1
  • CVE-2018-6942

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