DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1807

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1807

    Published: 16 Jun 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-1807

    Summary:

    Details: FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1807

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freetype

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.6-1

    Affected versions

    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