CVE-2012-1137 describes a critical vulnerability in FreeType before version 2.4.9, impacting products like Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4. A specially crafted BDF font header can trigger an invalid heap read and memory corruption, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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