CVE-2012-1141

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1141
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-25 10:10:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:23:00 UTC
DescriptionFreeType 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 read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ASCII string in a BDF font.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.8 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 2.1.8 rc1 All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.11 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.12 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.2 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
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.8 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 2.1.8 rc1 All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.11 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.12 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.2 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
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 10.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 6.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 7.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 8.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0483-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
FreeType Versions Prior to 2.4.9 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-1403-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
www.mandriva.com MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 800602 – CVE-2012-1141 freetype: BDF parser _bdf_list_split() fails to properly initialize field array (#35658) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
733512 – FreeType: Multiple security flaws to be fixed in v2.4.9 CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Advisory SA48951 - SUSE update for freetype2 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
MFSA 2012-21: Multiple security flaws fixed in FreeType v2.4.9 CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA48508 - Ubuntu update for freetype - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- FreeType: Multiple security flaws to be fixed in v2.4.9 MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0484-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-1141 MISC access.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 iOS 6 APPLE lists.apple.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0521-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0489-1: important: freetype2 update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
FreeType Buffer Overflows and Memory Errors Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA48797 - SUSE update for freetype2 - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
About the security content of iOS 6 CONFIRM support.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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