PT-2015-7923 · Freetype · Freetype2

Published 2015-09-13 · Updated 2015-09-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions freetype2 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from FreeType's incorrect handling of certain malformed font files. If a user is tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly expose uninitialized memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

MGASA-2015-0367

Affected Products

Freetype2

References · 7

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0367.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0367 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2739-1 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16739 · Note
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309 · Note
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?41590 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4 · Note