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Alpine: multiple freetype packages: security update to 2.9-r1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423917

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION()
 function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file. (CVE-2018-6942)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-6942

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423917

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6942

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6942