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    CVE-2012-5668

    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.

    Published:Dec 15, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 24, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.02815
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freetype
    Product
    Freetype

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS 8.1) — An out of bounds write exists in FreeType versions 2.13.0 and below (newer versions of FreeType are not vulner…
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    CVE-2022-27404 (CVSS 9.8) — FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via …
    CVE-2022-27406 (CVSS 7.5) — FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation vi…
    CVE-2022-27405 (CVSS 7.5) — FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation vi…
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    References

    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
    http://www.freetype.org/
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
    https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
    http://www.freetype.org/
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
    https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High