Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-3256 First vendor Publication 2011-10-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3256

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15179
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15179
Title: DSA-2328-1 freetype -- missing input sanitising
Description: It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's glyph handling could lead to memory corruption, resulting in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2328-1
CVE-2011-3256
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21950
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21950
Title: RHSA-2011:1402: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2011:1402-01
CESA-2011:1402
CVE-2011-3256
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 6
 Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23196
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23196
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2011:1402: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1402-01
CVE-2011-3256
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23365
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23365
Title: ELSA-2011:1402: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2011:1402-01
CVE-2011-3256
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 29

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-02 Name : SuSE Update for freetype2 openSUSE-SU-2012:0047-1 (freetype2)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_0047_1.nasl
2012-08-02 Name : SuSE Update for freetype2 openSUSE-SU-2012:0015-1 (freetype2)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_0015_1.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1402_freetype_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1402_freetype_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-04-26 Name : Fedora Update for freetype FEDORA-2012-5422
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_5422_freetype_fc15.nasl
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201201-09 (FreeType)
File : nvt/glsa_201201_09.nasl
2012-02-11 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2328-1 (freetype)
File : nvt/deb_2328_1.nasl
2012-02-06 Name : Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (2012-001)
File : nvt/gb_macosx_su12-001.nasl
2011-12-05 Name : Fedora Update for freetype FEDORA-2011-15964
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_15964_freetype_fc15.nasl
2011-12-02 Name : Fedora Update for freetype FEDORA-2011-15956
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_15956_freetype_fc14.nasl
2011-11-21 Name : Ubuntu Update for freetype USN-1267-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1267_1.nasl
2011-11-11 Name : Fedora Update for freetype FEDORA-2011-14749
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_14749_freetype_fc15.nasl
2011-11-11 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1402_freetype_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2011:1402-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1402-01_freetype.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : Mandriva Update for freetype2 MDVSA-2011:157 (freetype2)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_157.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1402_freetype_centos5_i386.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : FreeBSD Ports: freetype2
File : nvt/freebsd_freetype24.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
76324 Apple iOS CoreGraphics Multiple freetype Font Handling Memory Corruption

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_libfxt_20141107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-12 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2011-8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_3_freetype2-111216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_4_freetype2-111216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2011-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1402.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20111025_freetype_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-02-02 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security vuln...
File : macosx_10_7_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201201-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_freetype2-111201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_freetype2-7872.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-15956.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1267-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-14749.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-02 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_54075e3904ac11e1a94ebcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-27 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1402.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-26 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1402.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2328.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-24 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-157.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/06910...
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00012.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2328
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50155
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70552
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.7/README/view
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