FKIE_CVE-2012-5668
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-01-24 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.
References
Impacted products
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