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CVE-2012-4190
The FT2FontEntry::CreateFontEntry function in FreeType, as used in the Android build of Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1 on CyanogenMod 10,…
High10.0EPSS 4.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The FT2FontEntry::CreateFontEntry function in FreeType, as used in the Android build of Mozilla Firefox before 16.0.1 on CyanogenMod 10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- firefox-freetype-code-execution(79208) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790139 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-88.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1027653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .