cve/2012/CVE-2012-5670.md

### [CVE-2012-5670](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5670)
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### Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value.

### POC

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

#### Github
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