CVE-2012-5670

NameCVE-2012-5670
DescriptionThe _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs696691

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freetype (PTS)buster2.9.1-3+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)2.9.1-3+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.12.1+dfsg-5fixed
sid, trixie2.13.2+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freetypesourcesqueeze(not affected)
freetypesource(unstable)2.4.9-1.1696691

Notes

[squeeze] - freetype <not-affected> (Version in Squeeze doesn't parse alternative encoding format yet)
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37907
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7f2e4f4f553f6836be7683f66226afac3fa979b8

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