CVE-2012-1126
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD
FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted property data in a BDF font.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1160)
- Published
- April 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1160 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- mozilla / firefox mobile
- mozilla / firefox mobile
- mozilla / firefox mobile
- mozilla / firefox mobile
- mozilla / firefox mobile
and 12 more…
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48973
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800581
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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