Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-5668
FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.028
EPSS Ranking 85.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
- http://www.freetype.org/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
- http://www.freetype.org/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
Products affected by CVE-2012-5668
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:-
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8_rc1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.12
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.4.9