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Debian: CVE-2022-27404: freetype -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-27404: freetype -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/22/2022
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-freetype

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