CVE-2022-27470 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2022-27470?

CVE-2022-27470 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 4 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

SDL_ttf v2.0.18 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary memory write via the function TTF_RenderText_Solid(). This vulnerability is triggered via a crafted TTF file.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27470?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Libsdl Sdl Ttf.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27470?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-27470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27470, GHSA-8fg7-x4v8-wv65, JLSEC-2026-127, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27470, openSUSE-SU-2024:12177-1.