# CVE-2018-6942: An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-13 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in FreeType 2 through 2.9. A NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function within ttinterp.c could lead to DoS via a crafted font file.

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## References

- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00054.html

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