CVE-2006-2661

Description

ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 10.35% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20791 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11692 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18329 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20525 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21701 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21385 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21135 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23939 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20591 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20638 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016520 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381 vdb entry third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429 broken link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/21062 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2661?
CVE-2006-2661 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2661?
To fix CVE-2006-2661, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2661 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2661 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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