VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-1139

critical
Published 2012-04-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Array index error in FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid stack read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph data in a BDF font.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.9-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.9-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.9-1
debian debiansidfixed2.4.9-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.9-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
freetypefreetype{"endIncluding":"2.4.8"}
freetypefreetype1.3.1
freetypefreetype2.0.0
freetypefreetype2.0.1
freetypefreetype2.0.2
freetypefreetype2.0.3
freetypefreetype2.0.4
freetypefreetype2.0.5
freetypefreetype2.0.6
freetypefreetype2.0.7
freetypefreetype2.0.8
freetypefreetype2.0.9
freetypefreetype2.1
freetypefreetype2.1.3
freetypefreetype2.1.4
freetypefreetype2.1.5
freetypefreetype2.1.6
freetypefreetype2.1.7
freetypefreetype2.1.8
freetypefreetype2.1.9
freetypefreetype2.1.10
freetypefreetype2.2.0
freetypefreetype2.2.1
freetypefreetype2.3.0
freetypefreetype2.3.1
freetypefreetype2.3.2
freetypefreetype2.3.3
freetypefreetype2.3.4
freetypefreetype2.3.5
freetypefreetype2.3.6
freetypefreetype2.3.7
freetypefreetype2.3.8
freetypefreetype2.3.9
freetypefreetype2.3.10
freetypefreetype2.3.11
freetypefreetype2.3.12
freetypefreetype2.4.0
freetypefreetype2.4.1
freetypefreetype2.4.2
freetypefreetype2.4.3
freetypefreetype2.4.4
freetypefreetype2.4.5
freetypefreetype2.4.6
freetypefreetype2.4.7
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile{"endIncluding":"10.0.3"}
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile6.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile6.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile6.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile7.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile8.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile9.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile10.0
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile10.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox_mobile10.0.2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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