FKIE_CVE-2008-1807
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-16 19:41 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption.
References
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