Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23324Arbitrary Code Execution
EPSS
Percentile
90.7%
freetype is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability exists as multiple flaws were discovered in FreeType’s Printer Font Binary (PFB) font-file format parser. If a user loaded a carefully crafted font-file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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