USN-3263-1: FreeType vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the
FreeType library. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.6.3-3ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.10

• libfreetype6 - 2.6.3-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 12.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.5

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-10328