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Vulnerability details: VCID-6z8y-k8vw-nudd
Vulnerability ID VCID-6z8y-k8vw-nudd
Aliases CVE-2012-1142
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
epss 0.04956 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-21
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-1142.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1142
662864 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662864
800604 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800604
CVE-2012-1142 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1142
GLSA-201204-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-04
mfsa2012-21 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-21
RHSA-2012:0467 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0467
USN-1403-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1403-1/
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89619
EPSS Score 0.04956
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:58:38.632878+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-04 38.0.0