Is CVE-2022-27404 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-27404 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-27404?

CVE-2022-27404 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-27404?

CVE-2022-27404 has an EPSS score of 2.64% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27404?

Upgrade freetype on debian 11 to 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 13 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-27404

CRITICALEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

freetypeDebian

Fixed in:2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1CVE-2022-27404

Fixed in:2.11.1+dfsg-2CVE-2022-27404

freetypeRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetypeRocky

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-demos-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-demos-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetype-develRocky

Fixed in:0:2.9.1-5.el8_6.3RHSA-2024:0420

freetypeUbuntu

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2USN-5528-1

Fixed in:2.10.1-2ubuntu0.2USN-5528-1

Fixed in:2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1USN-5528-1

libfreetype6Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2USN-5528-1

Fixed in:2.10.1-2ubuntu0.2USN-5528-1

Fixed in:2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1USN-5528-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

gitlab.freedesktop.org

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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