Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2008-1806

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.

  • Published: Jun 16, 2008
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2008-1806
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
freetype / freetype 2.3.4 2.3.4.x
freetype / freetype 2.3.5 2.3.5.x
freetype / freetype 1.3.1 1.3.1.x
freetype / freetype 2.3.3 2.3.3.x