Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201805-3
========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2018-05-09
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-6942
Package : freetype2
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-613

Summary
======
The package freetype2 before version 2.9.1-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.9.1-1.

# pacman -Syu "freetype2>=2.9.1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.9.1.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 before 2.9.1. A NULL pointer
dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could
lead to denial of service via a crafted font file.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to cause a denial of service via a specially
crafted file.

References
=========
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-6942

ArchLinux: 201805-3: freetype2: denial of service

May 9, 2018

Summary

An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 before 2.9.1. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to denial of service via a crafted font file.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.9.1-1. # pacman -Syu "freetype2>=2.9.1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.9.1.

References

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-6942

Severity
Package : freetype2
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-613

Workaround

None.

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