CVE-2008-1806

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1806
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-16 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set of 16-bit length values within the Private dictionary table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SourceForge.net: The FreeType Project: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Ubuntu update for freetype - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
FreeType2 Integer Overflow in Parsing PFB Font Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
APPLE-SA-2008-09-12 iPhone v2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sun Solaris FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
FreeType2 Printer Font Binary Private Dictionary Table Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Server Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for freetype - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:121 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for freetype - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of iPhone v2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Apple iPod Touch Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2608 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
VMware Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
About the security content of iPod touch v2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
VMSA-2008-0014.3 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: freetype-2.3.5-4.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
USN-643-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0255 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: freetype-2.3.5-6.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
VMware Fusion Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2008-318 (RHSA-2008-0556) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for freetype - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Avaya Communication Manager FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for freetype - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
APPLE-SA-2008-09-09 iPod touch v2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Fedora update for freetype - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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