libfreetype CVE FYI

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Tue Oct 20 14:46:29 GMT 2020


In case you haven't seen it yet, from news feed:

FreeType 2.10.4 Rushed Out As Emergency Security Release
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=FreeType-2.10.4-Released

links to: https://www.freetype.org/

"FreeType 2.10.4
2020-10-20
This is an emergency release, fixing a severe vulnerability in embedded PNG
bitmap handling (see here for more).

All users should update immediately."

links to: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.10.4/

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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