Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201204-4 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. Versions less than 2.4.9 are affected.
02aa37b738a847bf31623fa9c69b35fba479601c27b4e8ed06de8136ba502917
Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-057 - Multiple flaws were found in FreeType. Specially crafted files could cause application crashes or potentially execute arbitrary code. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
c6dbaeb28d98f47816c5648a580b5ce1c3619cc46ce47dcb15e21c9ad4aa4612
Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0467-01 - FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled TrueType Font, Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format, Windows .fnt and .fon, and PostScript Type 1 fonts. If a specially-crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
3a13d9120cf34d5a658787c980c5020c879717bc89c85aea8328c9515717c900
Ubuntu Security Notice 1403-1 - Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. Various other issues were also addressed.
e1d2d95c5ba578a362becf78fa57a40f69b72d40a1a08042c7718592277edb34