CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-3506

7.5 HIGH Published 2007-07-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2007-07-02
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The ft_bitmap_assure_buffer function in src/base/ftbimap.c in FreeType 2.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving bitmap fonts, related to a "memory buffer overwrite bug."

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (<= 2.3.3)

References

http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/base/ftbitmap.c?root=freetype&r1=1.17&r2=1.18 cvs.savannah.nongnu.org
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?19536 savannah.nongnu.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25884 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24708 www.securityfocus.com
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=3157&release_id=499970 Patch
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/base/ftbitmap.c?root=freetype&r1=1.17&r2=1.18 cvs.savannah.nongnu.org
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?19536 savannah.nongnu.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25884 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24708 www.securityfocus.com
https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=3157&release_id=499970 Patch