PT-2013-1224 · Freetype · Freetype

J00Ru + 1 · Published 2013-01-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-5670

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeType versions prior to 2.4.11

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash, via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value. Exploitation of the issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.11, update to version 2.4.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of BDF fonts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09722

CVE-2012-5670

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1

Affected Products

Freetype

References · 74

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09722 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5670 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5670 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5670 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51826 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51900 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9670 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1133 · Note