CVE-2012-5669
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5552)
- Published
- January 24, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5552 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
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- freetype / freetype
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=07bdb6e289c7954e2a533039dc93c1c136099d2d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0216.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51826(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51900(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.freetype.org/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37906
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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