CVE-2008-1807

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-1807 · Published 16/06/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1807 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting freetype (freetype).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freetype freetype	`= 1.3.1= 2.3.3= 2.3.4= 2.3.5`	No fix yet

Description

FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption.

References

labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00004.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/30600 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/30721
secunia.com/advisories/30740
secunia.com/advisories/30766
secunia.com/advisories/30819
secunia.com/advisories/30821
secunia.com/advisories/30967
secunia.com/advisories/31479

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