Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2012-5669
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.86%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.