CVE-2018-6942
MEDIUMFreeType < 2.9 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in Ins_GETVARIATION
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0212
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
freetype/freetype
< 2.9
Published
Feb 13, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026