National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1135

Overview

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 vectors involving the NPUSHB and NPUSHW instructions in a TrueType font.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800593

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800593

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120306 Re: CVE Request -- FreeType: Multiple security flaws to be fixed in v2.4.9

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201204-04

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48973

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48973

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48951

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48918

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48918

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48822

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48822

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48797

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48797

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:0521

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:0483

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html