CVE-2018-6942

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    CVE-2018-6942

    Published: 13 Feb 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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