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High 1 exploited CVE RLSA-2020:4952 1 CVE

Important: freetype security update

Published Nov 5, 2020 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png (CVE-2020-15999)

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 freetype 0:2.9.1-4.el8_3.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890210