CVE-2006-1861
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-189
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/20100 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20100Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20525Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20591Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20638Advisory
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html