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Vulnerability details: VCID-s9u5-4nwv-vudq
Vulnerability ID VCID-s9u5-4nwv-vudq
Aliases CVE-2012-5669
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 (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
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epss 0.01687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
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epss 0.01687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
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epss 0.01687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
epss 0.01687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
epss 0.01687 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5669
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=07bdb6e289c7954e2a533039dc93c1c136099d2d
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00068.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00078.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0216.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5669.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5669
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5669
http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37906
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
890088 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890088
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CVE-2012-5669 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5669
GLSA-201402-16 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16
RHSA-2013:0216 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0216
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-2012-5669
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 0.82142
EPSS Score 0.01687
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:10.435829+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16 38.0.0