CVE-2008-1807 in FreeType

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/15/2008
• Disclosure: 06/16/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-42781 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-189 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.05336
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1807
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1807
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1807/