Medium 5.0Published May 23, 2006

CVE-2006-0747Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing b…

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Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freetype freetype freetype:freetype	through 2.1	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20525	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20591	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20638	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20791	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21062	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21135	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21385	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21701	vendor-advisory
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