4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.5%
FreeType 2 is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if( description )
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113116");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-02-16 14:32:33 +0100 (Fri, 16 Feb 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-01-26 12:33:00 +0000 (Tue, 26 Jan 2021)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-6942");
script_name("FreeType 2 DoS Vulnerability - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_freetype_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("FreeType/Linux/Ver");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"FreeType 2 is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"The script checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target system.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An issue was discovered in FreeType 2. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"FreeType 2 through version 2.9.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.9.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.9.1/");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:freetype:freetype";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe: CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "2.0.0.0", test_version2: "2.9.0.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.9.1" );
security_message( data: report, port: 0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.5%