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TI-2006-00725 Aliases CVE-2006-0747GHSA-pgxv-x8c2-8f48

Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority LOW 37CWE-189Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.12715 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.1VulnerableFreeType
  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.1 Vulnerable ·FreeType

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0500 Released 2006-07-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    freetype security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.i386, freetype-devel-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.i386, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.i386, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.i386, freetype-demos-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.i386, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.i386, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.i386, freetype-2.1.4-4.0.rhel3.2.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.i386, freetype-2.1.9-1.rhel4.4.ia64 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0500

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0747
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgxv-x8c2-8f48

References

Patch 1

Advisory 10

Other 4

  • TI-2020-12611 Buffer overflow in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2025-20210 Out-of-bounds write in FreeType KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-16833 FreeType 2.8.1 has a signed integer overflow in cf2_doFlex in cff/cf2intrp.c. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
  • TI-2012-01032 FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2011-02548 The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2010-03164 Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
See all 94 →

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