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HistoryApr 21, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

FreeType vulnerability

2017-04-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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10 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 17.04
  • Ubuntu 16.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the
FreeType library. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.