Fluid Attacks Database

Description

FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	freetype	>=0 <2.4.9-1.1	2.4.9-1.1
debian 12	freetype	>=0 <2.4.9-1.1	2.4.9-1.1
debian 11	freetype	>=0 <2.4.9-1.1	2.4.9-1.1
debian 14	freetype	>=0 <2.4.9-1.1	2.4.9-1.1
rpm rhel6	freetype	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2012-56682. NVD-2012-56683. OSV-DEBIAN-2012-56684. OSV-2012-56685. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2012-5668

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