CVE-2008-1807

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-06-10
Bugzilla:
450773: CVE-2008-1807 FreeType invalid free() flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1807 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (freetype) RHSA-2008:0556 2008-06-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (freetype) RHSA-2008:0556 2008-06-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (freetype) RHSA-2008:0558 2008-06-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (freetype) RHSA-2008:0556 2008-06-20

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