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CVE-2006-0747

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0747 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in FreeType versions prior to 2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by providing a specially crafted font file containing an odd number of blue values. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related buffer overflow, and the CVE has minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27992 · Jun 8, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1188 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-0747Moderate

security flaw

May 15, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20525
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20591
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20638
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20791
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21062
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21135
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21385
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21701
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23939
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35074
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-429
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9508
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 291-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1095
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18326
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0381
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297
Vendor Advisory