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Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27404

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the freetype package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 13.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8freetype2.9.1-9.el8ALSA-2022:7745
AlmaLinux:9freetype2.10.4-9.el9ALSA-2022:8340
AlmaLinux:8freetype-devel2.9.1-9.el8ALSA-2022:7745
AlmaLinux:9freetype-devel2.10.4-9.el9ALSA-2022:8340
Alpine:v3.20freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.21freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.22freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.23freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.24freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27404
Debian:12freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27404
Debian:13freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27404
Debian:14freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27404
Rocky Linux:8freetype0:2.9.1-9.el8RLSA-2022:7745
Rocky Linux:9freetype0:2.10.4-9.el9RLSA-2022:8340
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfreetype2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27404
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfreetype2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1USN-5528-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References