HIGH
freetype: heap buffer off-by-one in BDF parsing _bdf_list_ensure() (#35643)
Published Apr 25, 2012
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.77%
Description
FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted header in a BDF font.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.4.8
- 1.3.1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.1
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.3.9
- 2.3.10
- 2.3.11
- 2.3.12
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- ≤ 10.0.3
- 1.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freetype-0:2.2.1-31.el5_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0467
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freetype-0:2.3.11-6.el6_2.9
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0467
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
freetype
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freetype-0:2.2.1-31.el5_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0467 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freetype-0:2.3.11-6.el6_2.9 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0467 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.77% 0.03770
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03770
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.77% (0.03770) | 89.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.81% (0.03813) | 88.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.97% (0.02967) | 85.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.94% (0.07937) | 86.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.63% (0.02627) | 84.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.70% (0.08704) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 10.17% (0.10166) | 95.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2024 | 6.30% (0.06299) | 93.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 5.24% (0.05244) | 92.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 5.18% (0.05184) | 92.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.63% (0.04629) | 91.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (24)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48508 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48758 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48797 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48973 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1137 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800595 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1137
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1137
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 25, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1137
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a