CVE-2012-5669: freetype

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5669 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 3.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-01-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

• 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.