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Ubuntu 767-1 Moderate: FreeType Code Execution Risk Advisory

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-768-1 resolves a potential exploit within libpng that could enable code execution through specially designed PNG image files.
Tavis Ormandy discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain large values in font files

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security advisory moderate code execution remote access Ubuntu FreeType

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security advisory moderate code execution remote access Ubuntu FreeType

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