CVE-2012-5668
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.
- EPSS
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 83% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freetype:freetype
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51826