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CVE-2006-1861 Detail

Current Description

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.


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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/Feb/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.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/20100 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
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/21000 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/27162 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35200 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35233 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016522 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=416463 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102705-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-09.xml 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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436836/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18034 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0381 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=128606 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190593#c8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26553 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-429 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/291-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html 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-2006-1861
NVD Published Date:
05/23/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.