UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40009

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40009

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40009.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40009

Upstream

CVE-2022-40009

Published

2022-09-20T20:15:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:53:50Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

SWFTools commit 772e55a was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the function grow_unicode at /lib/ttf.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / swftools

Package

Name: swftools
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/swftools@0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.2+git20130725-2

0.9.2+git20130725-2ubuntu1

0.9.2+git20130725-4

0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "swftools",
            "binary_version": "0.9.2+git20130725-4.1~build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40009.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / swftools