CVE-2008-1807

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1807
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-1807.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-1807
Related
Published
2008-06-16T19:41:00Z
Modified
2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}