CVE-2006-0747 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.7% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 12.72% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freetype | freetype |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeType - '.TTF' File Remote Buffer Overflow | 2006-06-08 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20525
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20638
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20791
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21701
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23939
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016522
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html
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