CVE-2012-5668

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    CVE-2012-5668

    Published: 24 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/51826, http://secunia.com/advisories/51900, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1, 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://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, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905

    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
    CVE-2012-5668 | CVE-DB