{"id":"USN-4593-2","summary":"freetype vulnerability","details":"USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain\n malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted\n font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly\n execute arbitrary code with user privileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:58Z","published":"2020-10-22T14:48:01Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15999"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-15999","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15999"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4593-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15999"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"freetype","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2"}]}],"versions":["2.4.12-0ubuntu1","2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2","2.5.1-1ubuntu1","2.5.1-1ubuntu2","2.5.1-2ubuntu1","2.5.2-1ubuntu1","2.5.2-1ubuntu2","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8","2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2","binary_name":"freetype2-demos"},{"binary_version":"2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2","binary_name":"libfreetype6"},{"binary_version":"2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2","binary_name":"libfreetype6-dev"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-15999"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4593-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}