Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27405

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-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 2.8% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.8%top 13.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

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-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.21freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.22freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.23freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.24freetype2.12.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220601-r2ALPINE-CVE-2022-27405
Debian:12freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27405
Debian:13freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27405
Debian:14freetype2.11.1+dfsg-2DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27405
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-2022-27405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfreetype2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1USN-5528-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References