ghsa-gxvr-g9gp-vrqg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:11
Modified
2025-04-11 04:06
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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-5668"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-01-24T21:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-gxvr-g9gp-vrqg",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:06:41Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:11:59Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5668"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51826"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51900"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.freetype.org"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security\u0026y=2013\u0026m=slackware-security.520186"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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