CVE-2018-6942

NameCVE-2018-6942
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs890450

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
freetypesourcewheezy(not affected)
freetypesourcejessie(not affected)
freetypesourcestretch(not affected)
freetypesource(unstable)2.9.1-3890450

Notes

[stretch] - freetype <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - freetype <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - freetype <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef

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