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high 7.5

CVE-2006-1861 json

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrar…

published 2006-05-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1861

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.

Patch / fix

  • freetype Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1861

  • freetype RHEL 2.1 2.0.3-17.el21
  • freetype-utils RHEL 2.1 2.0.3-17.el21
  • freetype RHEL 3 2.1.4-12.el3
  • freetype RHEL 4 2.1.9-10.el4.7
  • freetype-demos RHEL 4 2.1.9-10.el4.7
  • freetype-utils RHEL 4 2.1.9-10.el4.7
  • freetype RHEL 3 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2
  • freetype RHEL 4 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1062RHSA-2009:0329RHSA-2006:0500

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-1861 updated

freetype: multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 freetype 2.1.4-12.el3, freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0329
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 freetype 2.0.3-17.el21, freetype-utils 2.0.3-17.el21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 freetype 2.1.4-12.el3, freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 freetype 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-utils 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 freetype 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-utils 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0329
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 freetype 2.0.3-17.el21, freetype-utils 2.0.3-17.el21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 freetype 2.1.4-12.el3, freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 freetype 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-utils 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0329
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 freetype 2.0.3-17.el21, freetype-utils 2.0.3-17.el21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 freetype 2.1.4-12.el3, freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 freetype 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-utils 2.1.9-10.el4.7, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0329
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 freetype 2.0.3-17.el21, freetype-utils 2.0.3-17.el21
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1062

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Exploit prediction

4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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