CVE-2012-1138 describes a critical vulnerability in FreeType before version 2.4.9, impacting products like Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a malformed TrueType font containing a crafted MIRP instruction. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited over a network with medium complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal 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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