Bug#1010671: libsdl2-ttf-dev: CVE-2022-27470 - Arbitrary memory overwrite loading glyphs and rendering text

[Neil Williams]

Package: libsdl2-ttf-dev
Version: 2.0.18+dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: security
X-Debbugs-Cc: codehelp at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libsdl2-ttf.

CVE-2022-27470[0]:
| SDL_ttf v2.0.18 and below was discovered to contain an arbitrary
| memory write via the function TTF_RenderText_Solid(). This
| vulnerability is triggered via a crafted TTF file.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27470
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-27470

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libsdl2-ttf-dev depends on:
ii  libc6-dev          2.34-0experimental2
ii  libsdl2-dev        2.0.22+dfsg-3
ii  libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0  2.0.18+dfsg-2

libsdl2-ttf-dev recommends no packages.

libsdl2-ttf-dev suggests no packages.

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