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CVE-2006-0747 Detail

Description

Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.


Metrics

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20525 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20591 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20638 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20791 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21062 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21135 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21385 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21701 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23939 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016522 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-176.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1095 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0500.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9508 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0747
NVD Published Date:
05/23/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.