CVE-2022-27406 — Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 64.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
FreetypeDebian FreetypeFedoraproject Fedora+8 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 22
Latest updateMar 17

Description

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶debiandebian/freetype< freetype 2.11.1+dfsg-2 (bookworm)
▶NVDfreetype/freetype< 2.12.0
▶Debianfreetype/freetype< 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1+3
▶Ubuntufreetype/freetype< 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm3+2

Also affects: Fedora 34, 35, 36

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
freetype vulnerabilities↗2025-03-17
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GHSA
GHSA-34wh-7j35-vw3w: FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size↗2022-04-23
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OSV
CVE-2022-27406: FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size↗2022-04-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2025-03-17
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Android
CVE-2022-27406: Android Security Bulletin 2023-07-01 CVE: CVE-2022-27406 Severity: HIGH Type: ID Affected AOSP versions: 11, 12, 12L, 13 References: A-271680254↗2023-07-01
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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2022-07-20
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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerability↗2022-05-30
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Red Hat
Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size↗2022-04-22
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