Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1142

Title: Freetype RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1142.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Apr 25, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.81%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1142: FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap write operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph-outline data in a font.

Impacted Vendors

freetype 1

mozilla 1

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48300 http://secunia.com/advisories/48508 http://secunia.com/advisories/48758 http://secunia.com/advisories/48797 http://secunia.com/advisories/48822 http://secunia.com/advisories/48918 http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 http://secunia.com/advisories/48973 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2428 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800604 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48300 http://secunia.com/advisories/48508 http://secunia.com/advisories/48758 http://secunia.com/advisories/48797 http://secunia.com/advisories/48822 http://secunia.com/advisories/48918 http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 http://secunia.com/advisories/48973 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2428 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:057 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-21.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/16 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52318 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026765 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800604

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1142 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 25, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.