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CVE-2012-5668

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freetype 12.10 quantal
Fixed 2.4.10-0ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.3
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.7
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.10

Patch details

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Package Patch details
freetype

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1686-1
    • FreeType vulnerabilities
    • 14 January 2013

Other references