CVE-2012-5668

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 24, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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