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CVE-2008-1806

Integer 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.

Published

2008-06-16T19:41:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freetype	freetype	1.3.1	Yes
Application	freetype	freetype	2.3.3	Yes
Application	freetype	freetype	2.3.4	Yes
Application	freetype	freetype	2.3.5	Yes

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30600 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30819 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31577 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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