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https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_0420.json

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:           Moderate: freetype security update
Advisory ID:        RHSA-2024:0420-03
Product:            Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:       https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0420
Issue date:         2024-01-25
Revision:           03
CVE Names:          CVE-2022-27404
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Summary: 

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.




Description:

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. FreeType loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently.

Security Fix(es):

* FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face (CVE-2022-27404)

* FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request (CVE-2022-27405)

* Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size (CVE-2022-27406)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.


Solution:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258



CVEs:

CVE-2022-27404

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077985
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077989
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077991