#VU43155 Buffer overflow in FreeType - CVE-2012-5670 

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#VU43155 Buffer overflow in FreeType - CVE-2012-5670

Published: January 24, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43155
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5670
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeType
Software vendor:
freetype.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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