freetype: memory corruption and application crash (reported against firefox on android)
Published Oct 12, 2012
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.20%
Description
The FT2FontEntry::CreateFontEntry function in FreeType, as used in the Android build of Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1 on CyanogenMod 10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 16.0
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.15
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.8
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.5.11
- 3.5.12
- 3.5.13
- 3.5.14
- 3.5.15
- 3.6
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
- 3.6.7
- 3.6.8
- 3.6.9
- 3.6.10
- 3.6.11
- 3.6.12
- 3.6.13
- 3.6.14
- 3.6.15
- 3.6.16
- 3.6.17
- 3.6.18
- 3.6.19
- 3.6.20
- 3.6.21
- 3.6.22
- 3.6.23
- 3.6.24
- 3.6.25
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 8.0
- 8.0.1
- 9.0
- 9.0.1
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 11.0
- 12.0
- 12.0
- 13.0
- 13.0.1
- 14.0
- 14.0.1
- 15.0
- 15.0.1
- 10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freetype
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freetype
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of freetype as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.20% (0.04199) | 90.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.20% (0.04199) | 89.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.53% (0.08531) | 91.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 20.00% (0.19996) | 92.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.75% (0.08752) | 91.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.67% (0.04669) | 92.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 8.03% (0.08032) | 94.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.09% (0.05094) | 91.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 86.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 70.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4190 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790139 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872753 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79208 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4190
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4190
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027653 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4190 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790139 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872753 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79208 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4190 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4190 |
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