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CVE-2012-5669

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
24/01/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.4.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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