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CVE-2008-1806

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-06-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted set of 16-bit length values within the Private dictionary table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Freetype Freetype

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References