Freedesktop FreeType Demo Programs up to 2.12.1 ftbench.c heap-based overflow

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.5$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Freedesktop FreeType Demo Programs up to 2.12.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file ftbench.c. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-31782. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Freedesktop FreeType Demo Programs up to 2.12.1 (Software Library). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file ftbench.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 06/03/2022. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.freedesktop.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-31782 since 05/27/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271354 (EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2025-2253)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (271354). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 271354
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2025-2253)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

05/27/2022 🔍
06/03/2022 +7 days 🔍
06/03/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/25/2025 +1240 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gitlab.freedesktop.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-31782 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-31782
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-201212

Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2022 13:53
Updated: 10/25/2025 14:56
Changes: 06/03/2022 13:53 (38), 06/06/2022 14:22 (1), 10/25/2025 14:56 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!