Packages
- graphite2 - Font rendering engine for Complex Scripts
Details
Yves Younan discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed
fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-
crafted font file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
graphite2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Yves Younan discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed
fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-
crafted font file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
graphite2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using graphite2, such as LibreOffice, to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 15.10 wily | libgraphite2-3 – 1.2.4-3ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 14.04 trusty | libgraphite2-3 – 1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1 | ||
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