GLSA-200705-22 : FreeType: Buffer overflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-22 FreeType: Buffer overflow Victor Stinner discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the function GetVMetrics in src/truetype/ttgload.c when processing TTF files with a negative npoints attribute. Impact : A remote attack...

FreeType: Buffer overflow

Background FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library. Description Victor Stinner discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the function GetVMetrics in src/truetype/ttgload.c when processing TTF files with a negative npoints attribute. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a...