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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113116
Category:Denial of Service
Title:FreeType 2.x < 2.9.1 DoS Vulnerability - Linux
Summary:FreeType 2 is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
FreeType 2 is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

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

Affected Software/OS:
FreeType 2 through version 2.9.

Solution:
Update to version 2.9.1 or later.

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/
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