CVE-2006-2661
ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.
02 Description
ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-30 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d3ad27084f9db6e1257e4aaa5b53bda4975422eb3fc1191c1330bf1362a8317d
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676
- lists.suse.comSUSE-SA:2006:037http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html
- secunia.com20791http://secunia.com/advisories/20791
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11692https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11692
- sunsolve.sun.com102705http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1
- www.securityfocus.com18329http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18329
- secunia.com20525http://secunia.com/advisories/20525
- secunia.com21701http://secunia.com/advisories/21701
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-291-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/
- secunia.com21385http://secunia.com/advisories/21385
- www.securityfocus.com20060612 rPSA-2006-0100-1 freetypehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com21135http://secunia.com/advisories/21135
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0500http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html
- secunia.com23939http://secunia.com/advisories/23939
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm
- secunia.com20591http://secunia.com/advisories/20591
- secunia.com20638http://secunia.com/advisories/20638
- securitytracker.com1016520http://securitytracker.com/id?1016520
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-0381http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429
- patches.sgi.com20060701-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
- secunia.com21062http://secunia.com/advisories/21062
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:099http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099
- www.debian.orgDSA-1095http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.