A vulnerability has been discovered in SDL_ttf, which can lead to arbitrary memory writes.

Announced

2024-07-01

Revised

2024-07-01

Access

local and remote

Bugs

#843434

Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-02

Affected packages

Package	Arch	Vulnerable	Unaffected
media-libs/sdl2-ttf	*	< 2.20.0	>= 2.20.0

Background

SDL_ttf is a wrapper around the FreeType and Harfbuzz libraries, allowing you to use TrueType fonts to render text in SDL applications.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in SDL_ttf. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SDL_ttf users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/sdl2-ttf-2.20.0"

References

• CVE-2022-27470