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TI-2022-10445 Aliases CVE-2022-27405GHSA-3p63-23m4-gmcp

FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a…

Priority LOW 38CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02829 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.12.0VulnerableFreeType
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*34VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.12.0 Vulnerable ·FreeType
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:0420 Released 2024-01-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freetype security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) freetype-2.9.1-5.el8_6.3, freetype-devel-2.9.1-5.el8_6.3
  • RHSA-2022:8340 Released 2022-11-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freetype security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) freetype-2.10.4-9.el9, freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) freetype-2.10.4-9.el9
  • RHSA-2022:7745 Released 2022-11-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freetype security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) freetype-2.9.1-9.el8, freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:7745
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6)Fixed RHSA-2024:0420
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-27405
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3p63-23m4-gmcp

References

Advisory 7

Sources

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