cve/2012/CVE-2012-5668.md

### [CVE-2012-5668](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5668)
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### Description

FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.freetype.org/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.
Update CVE sources 2024-06-09 00:33 2024-06-09 00:33:16 +00:00			`### [CVE-2012-5668](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5668)`
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			`![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20n%2Fa%20&color=brighgreen)`
			`![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen)`

			`### Description`

			`FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an "allocation error" in the bdf_free_font function.`

			`### POC`

			`#### Reference`
Removed duplicates 2024-06-18 02:51:15 +02:00			`- http://www.freetype.org/`
Update CVE sources 2024-06-09 00:33 2024-06-09 00:33:16 +00:00
			`#### Github`
			`No PoCs found on GitHub currently.`