CVE-2006-2661

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2661
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-30 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-05 19:25:00 UTC
Descriptionftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sun Solaris FreeType Integer Overflow and Underflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: freetype2 (SUSE-SA:2006:037) SUSE lists.suse.com
[#RPL-429] CVE-2006-0747 CVE-2006-1861 CVE-2006-2661 multiple freetype vulnerabilities - rPath JIRA CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
#102705: Security Vulnerabilities (Integer Overflows and a Denial of Service) in the FreeType 2 Font Engine SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for libfreetype6 SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
ASA-2006-176 (RHSA-2006-0500) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1095-1 freetype DEBIAN www.debian.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - rPath update for freetype SECUNIA secunia.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for freetype2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-291-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Avaya Products FreeType Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE update for freetype2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
20060701-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
183676 – CVE-2006-0747 Freetype integer underflow (CVE-2006-2661) MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Debian update for freetype - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for freetype - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeType Null Pointer Dereference in 'ftutil.c' Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com
FreeType TTF File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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