usn-6062-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-05-09 09:30
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
freetype vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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  "id": "USN-6062-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:04Z",
  "published": "2023-05-09T09:30:33Z",
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}



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