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RHSA-2020:4951 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · November 5, 2020

Updated · June 28, 2026

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png (CVE-2020-15999)

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.

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