CVE-2012-1131: freetype

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1131 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 3.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% 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, on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the cell table of a 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.