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CVE-2018-6942

An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within

An 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.00197
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
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Affected Products & Versions

2
freetype<= 2.9
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 Feb 2018 · 05:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10770-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2020:0704-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:1353-1
usnUSN-3572-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497efPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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