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Unscored severity · published Apr 25, 2012
CVE-2012-1127
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…
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CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 glyph or bitmap data in a BDF font.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FM
Firefox Mobile · Mozilla
through 10.0.3; 1.0; 4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 4.0; +11 more · source: NVD
FR
Freetype · Freetype
through 2.4.8; 1.3.1; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
FR
Freetype
Freetype
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1127
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1127
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html
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