UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27470

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27470

    Published: 4 May 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-27470

    Summary:

    Details: SDL_ttf v2.0.18 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary memory write via the function TTF_RenderText_Solid(). This vulnerability is triggered via a crafted TTF file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27470, https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/commit/db1b41ab8bde6723c24b866e466cad78c2fa0448, https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/issues/187, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27470

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libsdl2-ttf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsdl2-ttf?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.12+dfsg1-2
    2.0.14+dfsg1-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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