NULL pointer dereference in Freetype
CVE-2006-2661
ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.
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: 0.165 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.162 · newest: 0.165 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Freetype
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 5.04, 5.10, 6.06
- Debian Linux — versions 3.0, 3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/20791 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11692 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18329 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20525 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21701 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21385 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)