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

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.

POC

Reference

• 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

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