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CVE-2012-5668

CVE-2012-5668

EPSS 2.3%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5ahttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51826http://secunia.com/advisories/51900https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905http://www.freetype.org/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1