CVE-2006-0747

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    CVE-2006-0747

    Published: 23 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U, http://secunia.com/advisories/20525, http://secunia.com/advisories/20591, http://secunia.com/advisories/20638, http://secunia.com/advisories/20791, http://secunia.com/advisories/21062, http://secunia.com/advisories/21135, http://secunia.com/advisories/21385, http://secunia.com/advisories/21701, http://secunia.com/advisories/23939, http://secunia.com/advisories/35074, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016522, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18326, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9508, https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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