CVE-2011-0226
Integer signedness error in psaux/t1decode.c in FreeType before 2.4.6, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 4.2.9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, as exploited in the wild in July 2011.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 6.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0252)
- Published
- July 19, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0252 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
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- freetype / freetype
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00014.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00015.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00020.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45167(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45224(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/06/hackers_release_new_browser_based_ios_jailbreak_based_on_pdf_exploit.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2294
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:120
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1085.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48619
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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