CVE-2012-5668
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.018 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.1%
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.
References
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
secunia.com/advisories/51826
secunia.com/advisories/51900
www.freetype.org/
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
Related
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.018 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.1%