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
02 Description
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
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
- 2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.1% 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
- 2013-01-24 21:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- 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
- 9dfcb63bde0c262ac6a462ba981aec507ec208d997dc4eda759b1a7e1f43ce5d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1027921http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
- www.freetype.orghttp://www.freetype.org/
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1686-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0189http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121224 Re: CVE Request - Multiple security fixes in freetype - 2.4.11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0165http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2013-015-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
- secunia.com51900http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0177http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
- secunia.com51826http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.9-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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