Buffer overflow in FreeType - CVE-2012-1126

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Buffer overflow in FreeType - CVE-2012-1126

Published: April 25, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32807
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1126
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted property data in a BDF font.


Affected software

FreeType
freetype (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2012-1126

Install update from vendor's website.

FreeType - update to 2.4.9
freetype (Alpine package) - update to 2.4.9-r0

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