CVE-2018-6942

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6942.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6942
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-02-13T05:29:00.267Z
Modified
2025-11-28T03:33:17.572004Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/aseprite/freetype2

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/aseprite/freetype2
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef