CVE-2018-6942

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6942
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-13 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-26 12:33:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0704-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-3572-1: FreeType vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
5736 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library MISC git.savannah.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500192 Alpine Linux Security Update for freetype
  • 503932 Alpine Linux Security Update for freetype
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