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Ubuntu 7352-1: FreeType Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 17, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
FreeType issues on Ubuntu could allow a crash or arbitrary code execution via crafted font files. Immediate update required.
FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Summary

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted font file.

Software Description:

- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain memory

operations when parsing font subglyph structures. A remote attacker could

use this issue to cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of

service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update code execution Ubuntu freetype

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libfreetype6                    2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libfreetype6                    2.10.1-2ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7352-1

CVE-2025-27363

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7352-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update code execution Ubuntu freetype

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.10.1-2ubuntu0.4

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