NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.51% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2381036
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 May 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 May 2006

CVE-2006-2661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference 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.

CVSS Scores

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