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Vulnerability details: VCID-xxdy-qcnu-23cn
Vulnerability ID VCID-xxdy-qcnu-23cn
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 5.9
Risk 3.0
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 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
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epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
epss 0.00316 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
archlinux Low https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-613
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6942.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6942
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6942
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
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
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-6942 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
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)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
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

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6942
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.54088
EPSS Score 0.00316
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:41.514018+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.12/main.json 37.0.0