CVE-2012-5669

FreeType < 2.4.11 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via BDF Font Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0216.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.freetype.org/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37906
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51826

Scores

EPSS 0.0386
EPSS Percentile 88.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (46)
freetype/freetype 1.3.1
freetype/freetype 2.0.0
freetype/freetype 2.0.1
freetype/freetype 2.0.2
freetype/freetype 2.0.3
freetype/freetype 2.0.4
freetype/freetype 2.0.5
freetype/freetype 2.0.6
freetype/freetype 2.0.7
freetype/freetype 2.0.8
... and 36 more
Published Jan 24, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026