Ubuntu Security Notice 4593-2 - USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Sergei Glazunov discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.
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