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Vulnerability details: VCID-xyay-hhmw-cyb1
Vulnerability ID VCID-xyay-hhmw-cyb1
Aliases CVE-2012-5668
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-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
epss 0.02815 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5668
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9b6b5754b57c12b820e01305eb69b8863a161e5a
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
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5668.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5668
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5668
http://secunia.com/advisories/51826
http://secunia.com/advisories/51900
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?37905
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
890087 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890087
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CVE-2012-5668 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5668
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-2012-5668
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 0.86077
EPSS Score 0.02815
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:10.424242+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16 38.0.0