PT-2008-1131 · Freetype+1 · Freetype+1

Published 2008-06-16 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1806

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions freetype versions prior to 2.3.6

Description The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the freetype package that can be exploited to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. Exploitation can be done remotely. Specifically, an integer overflow in FreeType2 before version 2.3.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set of 16-bit length values within the Private dictionary table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.6, update to version 2.3.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of freetype until a patch is available. Avoid using freetype to process untrusted or crafted PFB files until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09641

CVE-2008-1806

DSA-1635-1

DTSA-139-1

RHSA-2008:0556

RHSA-2008:0558

RHSA-2008_0556

Affected Products

Red Hat

Freetype

References · 65

• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00717.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0556.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0558.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1806 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:121 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-643-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00721.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1806 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30600 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1806 · Vendor Advisory