Product Errata

RLSA-2022:8340

Moderate: freetype security update

Topic

An update is available for freetype.

This update affects Rocky Linux 9.

A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

Description

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. FreeType loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently.

Security Fix(es):

* FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face (CVE-2022-27404)

* FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request (CVE-2022-27405)

* Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size (CVE-2022-27406)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Issued: 11/15/2022

Type: Security

Severity: Moderate

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 9

References

  • No references