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RHSA-2022:8340 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 9

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · November 15, 2022

Updated · July 5, 2026

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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