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CVE-2012-1128

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Description

FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800584

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/48973

http://secunia.com/advisories/48822

http://secunia.com/advisories/48508

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-04-25

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02697

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