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