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Vulnerability details: VCID-qu13-pxwm-d3da
Vulnerability ID VCID-qu13-pxwm-d3da
Aliases CVE-2012-5670
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing context-dependent attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
epss 0.02977 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5670
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7f2e4f4f553f6836be7683f66226afac3fa979b8
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5670.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5670
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5670
http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37907
http://www.freetype.org/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/25/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027921
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.520186
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1686-1
696691 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696691
890094 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890094
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CVE-2012-5670 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5670
GLSA-201402-16 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16
USN-1686-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1686-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5670
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86453
EPSS Score 0.02977
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:10.448668+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16 38.0.0