Vulnerability in Freetype
CVE-2006-1861
Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.048 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Freetype — versions 2.0.9, 2.1.3, 2.1.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20791 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27271 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33937 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php (Patch)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21000 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20525 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21701 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-02.xml (vendor-advisory)