Is CVE-2022-27406 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-27406 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-27406?

CVE-2022-27406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-27406?

CVE-2022-27406 has an EPSS score of 3.24% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27406?

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-2022-27406

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

freetypeDebian

Fixed in:2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1CVE-2022-27406

Fixed in:2.11.1+dfsg-2CVE-2022-27406

freetypeRocky

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

freetypeRed Hat / RHEL

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-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

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-develRocky

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

freetypeUbuntu

Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm3USN-7352-2

Fixed in:2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5+esm1USN-5453-1

Fixed in:2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5+esm2USN-7352-2

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

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+esm1USN-7352-2

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

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

libfreetype6Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm3USN-7352-2

Fixed in:2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5+esm2USN-7352-2

Fixed in:2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5+esm1USN-5453-1

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

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2+esm1USN-7352-2

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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

gitlab.freedesktop.org

Other references12

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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