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.
Published: 2018-02-13
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18686 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3572-1 FreeType vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Freetype Freetype
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:17:17.091Z

Reserved: 2018-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6942

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-13T05:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:27.543

Link: CVE-2018-6942

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6942 - Bugzilla

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