Vulnerability   
Search   
    Search 324607 CVE descriptions
and 145615 test descriptions,
access 10,000+ cross references.
Tests   CVE   All  

Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0140
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0140)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0140 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0140 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer
dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could
lead to DoS via a crafted font file (CVE-2018-6942).

Affected Software/OS:
'freetype2' package(s) on Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6942
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0704 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit.

To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.




© 1998-2025 E-Soft Inc. All rights reserved.