CVE-2012-5670
freetype freetype: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.
- EPSS
- 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% 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=7f2e4f4f553f6836be7683f66226afac3fa979b8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51900