Description
Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.
Published: 2006-05-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 8.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1095-1 New freetype packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1861 Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-291-1 FreeType vulnerabilities
References
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ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20100 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20525 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20591 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20638 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20791 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21000 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21062 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21135 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21385 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21701 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23939 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27162 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27167 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35200 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35204 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35233 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016522 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=416463 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-09.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18034 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1868 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=128606 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593#c8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26553 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1861 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9124 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1861 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html cve-icon cve-icon
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:27:29.390Z

Reserved: 2006-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1861

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-23T10:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1861

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-05-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-1861 - Bugzilla

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