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Vulnerability details: VCID-9tw2-uv12-e3ge
Vulnerability ID VCID-9tw2-uv12-e3ge
Aliases CVE-2008-1808
Summary Multiple off-by-one errors in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file or (2) a crafted SHC instruction in a TrueType Font (TTF) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-193 Off-by-one Error
System Score Found at
epss 0.0261 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1808
epss 0.0261 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1808
epss 0.0261 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1808
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1808.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1808
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1808
450774 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450774
485841 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=485841
GLSA-200806-10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-10
GLSA-201209-25 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-25
RHSA-2008:0556 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0556
RHSA-2008:0558 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0558
RHSA-2009:0329 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0329
USN-643-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/643-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85918
EPSS Score 0.0261
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:37:31.699108+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0