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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-2661 json

ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null d…

published 2006-05-30 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2660

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.5%
EPSS 16.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.

Patch / fix

  • freetype freetype 2.2
  • freetype Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2661

  • freetype RHEL 3 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2
  • freetype RHEL 4 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
  • freetype-demos RHEL 4 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
  • freetype-utils RHEL 4 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4

red hat advisories RHSA-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-2006-2661 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 freetype 2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 freetype 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-demos 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-utils 2.1.9-1.rhel4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0500

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-27993)

Exploit prediction

16.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27993 FreeType - '.TTF' File Remote Denial of Service dos, 2006-06-08

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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