CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-1806

Published: Jun 16, 2008 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Integer overflow in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set of 16-bit length values within the Private dictionary table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 (including) 1.3.1 (including)
Freetype Freetype 2.3.3 (including) 2.3.3 (including)
Freetype Freetype 2.3.4 (including) 2.3.4 (including)
Freetype Freetype 2.3.5 (including) 2.3.5 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RedHat freetype-0:2.0.3-15.el21 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat freetype-0:2.1.9-8.el4.6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat freetype-0:2.2.1-20.el5_2 *
Freetype Ubuntu dapper *
Freetype Ubuntu feisty *
Freetype Ubuntu gutsy *
Freetype Ubuntu hardy *
Freetype Ubuntu upstream *

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