CVE-2011-3256
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3220)
- Published
- October 14, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3220 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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- apple / iphone os
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- apple / iphone os
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069100.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2328
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:157
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50155
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70552
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.7/README/view
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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