High 9.3Published Apr 25, 2012

CVE-2012-1132FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or…

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FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap read operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted dictionary data in a Type 1 font.

CVSS: 9.3 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
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 2.4.8; 1.3.1; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; 2.0.5; and 37 more ranges	NVD
mozilla firefox_mobile mozilla:firefox_mobile	through 10.0.3; 1.0; 4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 5.0; and 9 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0467.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48508
http://secunia.com/advisories/48758
http://secunia.com/advisories/48797
http://secunia.com/advisories/48822
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