CVE-2012-1142

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write10 documents8 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICAL
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Freetype FreetypeMozilla Firefox Mobile
Timeline
PublishedApr 25
Latest updateMay 13

Description

FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap write operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph-outline data in a font.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox_mobile10.0.3+12
▶Debianfreetype< 2.4.9-1+3
▶NVDfreetype/freetype2.4.8+43

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-h582-2pv5-7gjm: FreeType before 2↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-1142: FreeType before 2↗2012-04-25
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OSV
CVE-2012-1142: FreeType before 2↗2012-04-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2012-03-23
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Red Hat
freetype: incorrect computation of number of glyphs in FNT_Face_Init() for FNT/FON files (#35659)↗2012-03-01
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Debian
CVE-2012-1142: freetype - FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-{1126,1127,1128,1130,1131,1132,1133,1134,1135,1136,1137,1138,1139,1140,1141,1142,1143,1144} freetype: multiple vulnerabilities [fedora-all]↗2012-03-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-1142 freetype: incorrect computation of number of glyphs in FNT_Face_Init() for FNT/FON files (#35659)↗2012-03-06
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CVE-2012-1142 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.3) | FreeType before 2.4.9 | cvebase.io