CVE-2008-1807 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in FreeType2 versions prior to 2.3.6. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a malicious Printer Font Binary (PFB) file with an invalid "number of axes" field, leading to arbitrary memory freeing and potential arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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