cve/2008/CVE-2008-1806.md

### [CVE-2008-1806](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1806)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-643-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9321

#### Github
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