CVE-2018-6942
N/A
Published: February 13, 2018 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFreeType
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v ≤ 2.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497efVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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