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Mageia 8: 2022-0297 Critical: FreeType2 Buffer Overflow Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Enhanced freetype2 packages address a memory overflow vulnerability in Mageia, rectifying major security concerns.
ftbench.c in FreeType Demo Programs through 2.12.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow

Summary

ftbench.c in FreeType Demo Programs through 2.12.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2022-31782)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30659

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5528-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31782

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical software update Mageia FreeType2

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/freetype2-2.10.4-2.2.mga8

- 8/tainted/freetype2-2.10.4-2.2.mga8.tainted

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Publication date: 25 Aug 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0297.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-31782

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical software update Mageia FreeType2

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