Mateusz Jurczyk discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Freetype. Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.2-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/