Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-6942 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
freetype
canonical
CWE-476
nessus

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Freetype
101
OS
Canonical
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0058_FREETYPE2.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the freetype2 package has been released.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121955
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121955
    titlePhoton OS 2.0: Freetype2 PHSA-2018-2.0-0058
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3572-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106839
    published2018-02-15
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106839
    titleUbuntu 17.10 : freetype vulnerability (USN-3572-1)
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0148.NASL
    descriptionAn update of {'freetype2', 'binutils'} packages of Photon OS has been released.
    last seen2019-02-21
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id111274
    published2018-07-24
    reporterTenable
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=111274
    titlePhoton OS 1.0 : freetype2 / binutils (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-1.0-0148) (deprecated)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2020-1353-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for freetype2 to version 2.10.1 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2018-6942: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference within ttinerp.c (bsc#1079603). Non-security issues fixed : Update to version 2.10.1 - The bytecode hinting of OpenType variation fonts was flawed, since the data in the `CVAR
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-22
    plugin id136800
    published2020-05-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136800
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2020:1353-1)
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0148_FREETYPE2.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the freetype2 package has been released.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121846
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121846
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Freetype2 PHSA-2018-1.0-0148
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0058.NASL
    descriptionAn update of {'freetype2', 'binutils'} packages of Photon OS has been released.
    last seen2019-02-21
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id111308
    published2018-07-24
    reporterTenable
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=111308
    titlePhoton OS 2.0 : freetype2 / binutils (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-2.0-0058) (deprecated)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-704.NASL
    descriptionThis update for freetype2 to version 2.10.1 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2018-6942: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference within ttinerp.c (bsc#1079603). Non-security issues fixed : - Update to version 2.10.1 - The bytecode hinting of OpenType variation fonts was flawed, since the data in the `CVAR
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-26
    plugin id136887
    published2020-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136887
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-2020-704)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-07A3E36499.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2018-6942. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-02-21
    plugin id106905
    published2018-02-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106905
    titleFedora 27 : freetype (2018-07a3e36499)