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CVE-2006-2661

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Description

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.

References

  • Advisories

https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11692

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18329

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html

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

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

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016520

http://secunia.com/advisories/23939

http://secunia.com/advisories/21701

http://secunia.com/advisories/21385

http://secunia.com/advisories/21135

http://secunia.com/advisories/21062

http://secunia.com/advisories/20791

http://secunia.com/advisories/20638

http://secunia.com/advisories/20591

http://secunia.com/advisories/20525

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-30

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.101

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