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CVE-2012-5670

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Date: January 24, 2013

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37907
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5670
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
http://www.freetype.org/
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7f2e4f4f553f6836be7683f66226afac3fa979b8
http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5670

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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