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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7352-1
March 17, 2025

freetype vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted font file.

Software Description:
- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when parsing font subglyph structures. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libfreetype6                    2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libfreetype6                    2.10.1-2ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7352-1
  CVE-2025-27363

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.10.1-2ubuntu0.4