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CVE-2018-6942 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html CVE
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freetype freetype
<= 2.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
17.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6942
NVD Published Date:
Feb 13, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6942 Details - Not Deferred