Medium 6.5Published Feb 13, 2018

CVE-2018-6942An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:40 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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	through 2.9	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	17.10	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736	third-party-advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef	patch, third-party-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/	third-party-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

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