CVE-2018-6942

Published: Feb 13, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Freetype: Freetype · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freetype Freetype	Up to 2.9

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 17.10

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html