9.3

CVE-2012-1140: freetype

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1140
Published 25-04-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1140 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.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.77%
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 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1RHSA-2012:0467

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 a crafted PostScript font object.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.77% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.77%

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< 2.4.9-1
Freetype1 product
  • freetype≤ 2.4.8 | 1.3.1 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.1 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1.8:rc1 | 2.1.9 | 2.1.10 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.10 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.12 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.6 | 2.4.7
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox_mobile≤ 10.0.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0.1 | 10.0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

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