CVE-2022-27406 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2022-27406?

CVE-2022-27406 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27406?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Freetype Freetype.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27406?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-27406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-27406, AZL-26759, AZL-9581, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27406, GHSA-34wh-7j35-vw3w, JLSEC-2026-459 and 2 more.