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Critical
CVE-2012-1140
FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before...
Vulnerability 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 PostScript font object.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48822
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48758
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48973
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800600
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 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, 2.1.9, 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, 1.0, 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
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 25th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.