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CVE-2022-27470

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35, 36
• Libsdl Sdl Ttf: through 2.0.18

References

• https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/commit/db1b41ab8bde6723c24b866e466cad78c2fa0448
• https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/issues/187
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAGMQMRQDTZFQW64JEW3O6HY3JYLAAHT/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RXI3MDPR24W5557G34YHWOP2MOK6BTGB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPYTEBBNHCDGPVFACC5RC5K2FZUCYTPZ/
• https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/commit/db1b41ab8bde6723c24b866e466cad78c2fa0448
• https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/issues/187
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAGMQMRQDTZFQW64JEW3O6HY3JYLAAHT/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RXI3MDPR24W5557G34YHWOP2MOK6BTGB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPYTEBBNHCDGPVFACC5RC5K2FZUCYTPZ/

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