7.5

CVE-2008-1806: freetype Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1806
Published 16-06-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1806 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 4.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4
DSA-1635-1DTSA-139-1RHSA-2008:0556RHSA-2008:0558

Timeline

  1. 16-06-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set of 16-bit length values within the Private dictionary table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.07% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • freetype< 2.3.6-1
Freetype1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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