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CVE-2006-1861 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html CVE
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=128606 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-189Numeric Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freetype freetype
2.0.9
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1861
NVD Published Date:
May 23, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-1861 Details - Not Deferred