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CVE-2022-27404 (GCVE-0-2022-27404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 05:25

Summary

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-06	vendor-advisory

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RHSA-2022:7745

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-11-08 10:02 - Updated: 2026-07-05 01:24

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Freetype’s sfnt_init_face() function in the sfobjs.c file. The vulnerability occurs when creating a face with a strange file and invalid index. This flaw allows an attacker to read a small amount of memory, causing the application to crash.

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 26 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7745

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RHSA-2022:8340

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-11-15 10:43 - Updated: 2026-07-05 01:24

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 38 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8340

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RHSA-2022_7745

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-11-08 10:02 - Updated: 2024-11-22 19:33

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 26 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7745

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RHSA-2022_8340

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-11-15 10:43 - Updated: 2024-11-22 19:33

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 52 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8340

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RHSA-2024:0420

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2024-01-25 08:16 - Updated: 2026-07-05 01:24

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 26 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0420

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RHSA-2024_0420

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2024-01-25 08:16 - Updated: 2024-11-22 19:33

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

7.6 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Fixed: 26 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0420

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SUSE-SU-2022:3252-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-09-12 07:08 - Updated: 2022-09-12 07:08

Summary

Security update for freetype2

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

6.6 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Recommended: 152 products

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SUSE-SU-2022:3252-2

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2022-09-22 09:26 - Updated: 2022-09-22 09:26

Summary

Security update for freetype2

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

6.6 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Recommended: 119 products

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SUSE-SU-2025:20204-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-04-24 14:44 - Updated: 2025-04-24 14:44

Summary

Security update for freetype2

Severity

Important

Scope

7 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2022-27404.

CVE-2022-27404

6.6 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Recommended: 3 products

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ubuntu-cve-2022-27404

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-04-22 14:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:41

Summary

Details

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27404	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5528-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27404	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
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        }
      ],
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        "2.10.4+dfsg-1build1",
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