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CVE-2012-1126: Freetype: Memory corruption

CVE-2012-1126 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Freetype. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

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 heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted property data in a BDF font.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Freetype: up to and including 2.4.8; 1.3.1; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; 2.0.5; 2.0.6; 2.0.7; 2.0.8; 2.0.9
Mozilla Firefox Mobile: up to and including 10.0.3; 1.0; 4.0; 4.0 beta1; 4.0 beta2; 4.0 beta3; 4.0 beta4; 5.0; 6.0; 6.0.1; 6.0.2; 7.0