CVEs-PoC/2008/CVE-2008-1807.md

### [CVE-2008-1807](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1807)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=3157&release_id=605780
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-643-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9767

#### Github
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