1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3282-1

USN-3282-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 May 2017

Overview

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Releases

Packages

  • freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.04 zesty libfreetype6 –  2.6.3-3ubuntu2.2
16.10 yakkety libfreetype6 –  2.6.3-3ubuntu1.3
16.04 xenial libfreetype6 –  2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.3
14.04 trusty libfreetype6 –  2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8

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