CVE-2018-6942

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

2%p80

Published

Feb 13, 2018 (Feb 13, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.

Vendors: freetype canonical
Products: freetype, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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