Debian Security Advisory
DLA-931-1 freetype -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 06 May 2017
- Affected Packages:
- freetype
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 861308.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-8287. - More information:
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It was found that a malformed font could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u7.We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.
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