CVE-2008-1807
freetype freetype: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-189
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freetype:freetype
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=716
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html