A freetype security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

slackware-security: freetype (SSA:2020-294-01)

[slackware-security] freetype (SSA:2020-294-01)

New freetype packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2,
and -current to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/freetype-2.6.3-i586-3_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fix heap buffer overflow in embedded PNG bitmap handling.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(  http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on   http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.5.5-i486-3_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.5.5-x86_64-3_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.5.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.5.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/freetype-2.6.3-i586-3_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/freetype-2.6.3-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/freetype-2.10.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/freetype-2.10.4-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
bef4a8ff7ea2ea76731ff99c2356bb31 freetype-2.5.5-i486-3_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
425bf27d171d2913c79d53e200b241b4 freetype-2.5.5-x86_64-3_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
7079bd2e315a8ccc29102f92621df53c freetype-2.5.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
bb9b36305cbd760b67c60bf6655cf9de freetype-2.5.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
222af2c02358c844eec303a41b1dd91d freetype-2.6.3-i586-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
a1ae0c1201ab2128f7a5d42ca248936a freetype-2.6.3-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
bd27581eed2b9068f4a7c72dbc70b98a l/freetype-2.10.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a66931bd6ea3213f8922c748716eef44 l/freetype-2.10.4-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg freetype-2.6.3-i586-3_slack14.2.txz