Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-27406: A segmentation fault was found in FreeType's FT_Request_Size() function in the ftobjs.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to access a memory location in a way that could cause an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2022-27405: A segmentation fault was found in the FreeType library. This flaw allows an attacker to attempt access to a memory location in a way that could cause an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2022-27404: A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Freetype's sfnt_init_face() function in the sfobjs.c file. The vulnerability occurs when creating a face with a strange file and invalid index. This flaw allows an attacker to read and modify a small amount of memory, causing the application to crash. CVE-2020-15999: A heap buffer overflow leading to out-of-bounds write was found in freetype. Memory allocation based on truncated PNG width and height values allows for an out-of-bounds write to occur in application memory when an attacker supplies a specially crafted TTF file.
Fixed packages 6
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
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| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype-debuginfo | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype-debugsource | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype-demos | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype-demos-debuginfo | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | freetype-devel | 0:2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 4
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Critical 9.6
Heap buffer overflow in CefSharp
Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
KEV Nov 3, 2021 -
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FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the funct…
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FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the fun…
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FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the fun…