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.

EPSS: 0.049 (91.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Freetype — versions 2.0.9, 2.1.3, 2.1.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References