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Vulnerability details: VCID-d2v4-gm58-uyby
Vulnerability ID VCID-d2v4-gm58-uyby
Aliases CVE-2012-1140
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-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
epss 0.02967 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
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-2012-1140.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-1140
662864 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662864
800600 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800600
CVE-2012-1140 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1140
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 0.86433
EPSS Score 0.02967
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:58:38.613524+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-04 38.0.0