CVE-2012-5668

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.

How to fix CVE-2012-5668

To remediate CVE-2012-5668, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/freetype—upgrade to 2.4.9-1.1 or later

Is CVE-2012-5668 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.4.9-1.1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5668