CVE-2018-6942

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6942

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.9.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.9.1-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.9.1-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.9.1-3
debian debiansidfixed2.9.1-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.9.1-3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.