National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5668

Overview

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 error" in the bdf_free_font function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905

Hyperlink:https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1686-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027921

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20121224 Re: CVE Request - Multiple security fixes in freetype - 2.4.11

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.freetype.org/

Hyperlink:http://www.freetype.org/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51900

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51900

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51826

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51826

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0189

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0177

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2013-015-01

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0165

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a

Hyperlink:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a