CVE-2012-5670

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freetype	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.4.10-0ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced by http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/bdf/bdflib.c?id=03242f58c4bf7226276d8e4e7cb106045319e517 so only in 2.4.9+

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
freetype	Upstream: ?id=7f2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1686-1
FreeType vulnerabilities
14 January 2013

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5670