Critical 9.8Published Apr 22, 2022

CVE-2022-27404FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

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FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freetype freetype freetype:freetype	before 2.12.0	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	34; 35; 36	NVD

References

References

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1138	exploit, issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFPNRKDLCXHZVYYQLQMP44UHLU32GA6Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDU2FOEMCEF6WVR6ZBIH5MT5O7FAK6UP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWQ7IB2A75MEHM63WEUXBYEC7OR5SGDY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYVC2NPKKXKP3TWJWG4ONYWNO6ZPHLA5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCEMWCM46PKM4U5ENRASPKQD6JDOLKRU/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-06

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