CVE-2012-5670

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeType versions prior to 2.4.11

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash, via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value. Exploitation of the issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.11, update to version 2.4.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of BDF fonts to minimize the risk of exploitation.