USN-2510-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2510-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2510-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2510-1
Related
Published
2015-02-24T19:33:21.659909Z
Modified
2015-02-24T19:33:21.659909Z
Summary
freetype vulnerabilities
Details

Mateusz Jurczyk 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 or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-0ubuntu1
2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2
2.5.1-1ubuntu1
2.5.1-1ubuntu2
2.5.1-2ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-udeb"
        }
    ]
}