USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Sergei Glazunov 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.
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"binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
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"binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
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"binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
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"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
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"cves": [
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "high",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"id": "CVE-2020-15999"
}
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