Vulnerability in Freetype
CVE-2006-0747
Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.127 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.127 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20791 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20525 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21701 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21385 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35074 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-0747?
- CVE-2006-0747 is a vulnerability in Freetype, classified under CWE-189. Published 2006-05-23.
- Is CVE-2006-0747 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.