Denial of Service in FreeType Used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile and Other Products
CVE-2012-1127

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Freetype
Status: Freetype; Firefox Mobile
Vendor: CVE Published:; 25 April 2012

What is CVE-2012-1127?

A vulnerability exists in FreeType prior to version 2.4.9, which is incorporated in Mozilla Firefox Mobile versions before 10.0.4. This flaw can be exploited by attackers to trigger a denial of service, leading to an invalid heap read operation and potential memory corruption. By crafting specific glyph or bitmap data in a BDF font, remote attackers may also be able to execute arbitrary code, thereby compromising the affected systems.

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