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.
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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.
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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.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 2428-1 - Mateusz Jurczyk from the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilities in Freetype's parsing of BDF, Type1 and TrueType fonts, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed.
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