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CVE-2006-2661

ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file tha

ftutil.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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.12644

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

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Affected Products & Versions

3

freetype< 2.2
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

1

dosFreeType - '.TTF' File Remote Denial of Serviceverified

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Scoring & Timeline

5

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD30 May 2006 · 07:02 PM

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Vendor Advisories

2

rhsaRHSA-2006:0500Moderate

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References & Sources

24

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-UBroken Link

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.htmlBroken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/20525Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20591Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20638Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20791Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/21062Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21135Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21385Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/21701Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23939Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016520Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1Broken Link

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htmThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18329Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11692Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/Third Party Advisory

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