Medium severity · published Feb 13, 2018
CVE-2018-6942
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9
6.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freetype · Freetype
through 2.9 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6942
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
www.oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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