Description
Unspecified vulnerability in FreeType 2.3.9, and other versions before 2.4.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving nested Standard Encoding Accented Character (aka seac) calls, related to psaux.h, cffgload.c, cffgload.h, and t1decode.c.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | freetype | 2.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | freetype | 2.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | freetype | 2.4.2-1 | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | freetype +2 | 2.2.1-28.el5_5 | RHSA-2010:0737 |
| RHEL 4 | freetype +3 | 2.1.9-17.el4.8 | RHSA-2010:0737 |
| RHEL 3 | freetype +1 | 2.1.4-18.el3 | RHSA-2010:0736 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | ft2demos +1 | 2.7-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1 |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2010:0737 Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- RHSA-2010:0736 Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1 freetype2-devel-2.7-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1 ft2demos-2.7-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- ADV-2010-3045 vdb-entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
- 42621 vdb-entry
- ADV-2010-3046 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0737 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 vendor-advisory
- 42317 third-party-advisory
- 42314 third-party-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- 48951 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:019 vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2010:0736 vendor-advisory