CVE-2018-6942
FreeType Font NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 13, 2018, 5:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 26, 2021, 12:33 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-6942 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-6942.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jan. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.9 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.9 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef No Types Assigned https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-476 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.9 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/ [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.32 }} -0.13%
score
0.66329
percentile