| Name | CVE-2008-1807 |
| Description | FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid "number of axes" field in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file, which triggers a free of arbitrary memory locations, leading to memory corruption. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1635-1, DTSA-139-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 485841 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freetype (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.5.2-3+deb8u6 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u3 | fixed | |
| buster | 2.9.1-3+deb10u3 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.13.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freetype | source | etch | 2.2.1-5+etch3 | DSA-1635-1 | ||
| freetype | source | lenny | 2.3.5-1+lenny1 | DTSA-139-1 | ||
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.3.6-1 | medium | 485841 |