CVE-2006-1861

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    CVE-2006-1861

    Published: 23 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U, http://secunia.com/advisories/20100, http://secunia.com/advisories/20525, http://secunia.com/advisories/20591, http://secunia.com/advisories/20638, http://secunia.com/advisories/20791, http://secunia.com/advisories/21000, 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/27162, http://secunia.com/advisories/27167, http://secunia.com/advisories/27271, http://secunia.com/advisories/33937, http://secunia.com/advisories/35200, http://secunia.com/advisories/35204, http://secunia.com/advisories/35233, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-02.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1868, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381, http://secunia.com/advisories/20100, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=416463, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18034, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=128606, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593#c8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.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/HT3438, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-09.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26553, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9124, https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html

    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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