CVE-2022-27404

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FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face.

Published: 2022-04-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-27404 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-27404

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-27404

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-16 2.47% 2.64% +0.17%
2 2026-06-15 0.13% 2.47% +2.34%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-27404

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-27404

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-27404

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-27404: 2 source package rows (freetype, qt5-qtwebengine); 31 state rows across 15 repos (3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.17-main, 3.18-community, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 16, open 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-27404
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-27404 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freetype), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27404
gentoo normal CVE-2022-27404: 1 GLSA(s) (202402-06), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/freetype); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-27404
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27404
suse medium CVE-2022-27404 severity moderate: SUSE including 527 source package names (0.3.2-1.2:libfreetype6-2.10.4-150000.4.12.1, 0.3.32-3.4:libfreetype6-2.10.4-150000.4.12.1, …), 1077 product×package rows across 388 product lines (Container bci/kiwi, Container bci/openjdk, … (388 product lines)): Fixed 905, Known Affected 94, Known Not Affected 51, Will Not Fix 27. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27404/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-27404 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freetype), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, not-affected 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27404

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-27404

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freetype freetype < 2.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-27404

URL Tags
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1138 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EFPNRKDLCXHZVYYQLQMP44UHLU32GA6Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDU2FOEMCEF6WVR6ZBIH5MT5O7FAK6UP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IWQ7IB2A75MEHM63WEUXBYEC7OR5SGDY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYVC2NPKKXKP3TWJWG4ONYWNO6ZPHLA5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCEMWCM46PKM4U5ENRASPKQD6JDOLKRU/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-06
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