CVE-2012-5669

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freetype	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.4.10-0ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.7
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.10

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
freetype	Upstream: ?id=07b

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1686-1
FreeType vulnerabilities
14 January 2013

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5669