RHSA-2024:0420 — Security Advisory

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

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.

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.