USN-5657-1: Graphite2 vulnerability
Publication date
5 October 2022
Overview
Graphite2 could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- graphite2 - Font rendering engine for Complex Scripts
Details
It was discovered that Graphite2 mishandled specially crafted files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
other unspecified impact.
It was discovered that Graphite2 mishandled specially crafted files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
other unspecified impact.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will 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 | ||
---|---|---|---|
16.04 xenial | libgraphite2-3 – 1.3.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 |
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