CVE-2012-1126: freetype

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1126 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 5.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-04-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted property data in a BDF font.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.