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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202010-07">
<title>FreeType: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow in FreeType might allow remote attacker(s) to
execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
<announced>2020-10-23</announced>
<revised count="1">2020-10-23</revised>
<bug>750275</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.10.3-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.10.3-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A flaw in FreeTypes handling of embedded PNG bitmaps was discovered
where the image height and width was not checked to be within bounds.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font
file using FreeType possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/freetype-2.10.3-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999">CVE-2020-15999</uri>
<uri link="https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?59308">Upstream bug</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-20T09:45:14Z">sam_c</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-10-23T03:42:18Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>