THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-1138
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-1138

Freetype vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
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 vectors involving the MIRP instruction in a TrueType font.
Affected vendor
Freetype
Affected product
Freetype
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2012-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-1138

  • Confirm whether Freetype Freetype is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-1138.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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