CVE-2012-1143
FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted font.
02 Description
FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error) via a crafted font.
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
- 1.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.6% 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
- 2012-04-25 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-02-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3e8177b326099015934863565a48c1fee818d2c6a52d81d0cbd1162491015282
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com48797http://secunia.com/advisories/48797
- secunia.com48508http://secunia.com/advisories/48508
- secunia.com48822http://secunia.com/advisories/48822
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:057http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- secunia.com48758http://secunia.com/advisories/48758
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- www.securityfocus.com52318http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1403-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512
- secunia.com48918http://secunia.com/advisories/48918
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120306 Re: CVE Request -- FreeType: Multiple security flaws to be fixed in v2.4.9http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0484http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0521http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800606
- secunia.com48973http://secunia.com/advisories/48973
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0467http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0483http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html
- www.securitytracker.com1026765http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0489http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html
- secunia.com48951http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201204-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1
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.