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GHSA-x7gr-2533-fcq6
GHSA-x7gr-2533-fcq6
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html url
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187 url
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4 url
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669 url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9661 advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html exploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 advisory