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Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting freetype package, versions <0:2.8-14.amzn2.1.1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.27% (66th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
7.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-FREETYPE-3243996
  • published 21 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 22 Apr 2022
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Introduced: 22 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27405 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-824 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 freetype to version 0:2.8-14.amzn2.1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-1909.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request.

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