FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code A vulnerability has been discovered in FreeType allowing for user-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code. freetype 2007-05-01 2007-05-27 172577 remote 2.1.10-r3 2.0 2.1.10-r3

FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library.

Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs has discovered an integer overflow in the function bdfReadCharacters() when parsing BDF fonts.

A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted BDF font, possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow and the remote execution of arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r3"

CVE-2007-1351 jaervosz jaervosz p-y