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CVE-2012-5668

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5668 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FreeType before version 2.4.11, specifically due to improper handling of BDF fonts that can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.10CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: freetype

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5668Low

freetype: NULL Pointer Dereference in bdf_free_font (#37905)

Dec 15, 2012

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
secunia.com / advisories/51826
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51900
Vendor Advisory
savannah.nongnu.org / bugs
freetype.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1686-1