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Vulnerability details: VCID-u6w8-ugz2-affg
Vulnerability ID VCID-u6w8-ugz2-affg
Aliases CVE-2018-6942
Summary An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6942.json
epss 0.00197 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00197 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
archlinux Low https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-613
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6942.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6942
1544771 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544771
890450 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=890450
ASA-201805-3 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-3
AVG-613 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-613
USN-3572-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6942.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.41511
EPSS Score 0.00197
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:37:34.065215+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0