USN-4126-1: FreeType vulnerability
9 September 2019
FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted font file.
Releases
Packages
- freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library
Details
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.