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TITLE:
FreeType CID-keyed Font Parsing Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46839

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FreeType, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the
library.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors in src/cid/cidload.c
when parsing CID-keyed Type 1 fonts. This can be exploited to corrupt
memory via a specially crafted font file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.4.8.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.8.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.8/README/view

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