Medium 5.0Published May 30, 2006

CVE-2006-2661ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.

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ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
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	before 2.2	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	3.0; 3.1	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	5.04; 5.10; 6.06	NVD

References

References

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20525	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20591	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20638	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20791	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21062	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21135	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21385	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21701	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23939	third-party-advisory
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