CVE-2012-1143: n/a vulnerability

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2012-1143 is an older FreeType font-processing flaw. A crafted font can crash affected software through a divide-by-zero condition, causing denial of service rather than documented data theft or code execution. Exposure is most likely where legacy systems, mobile browsers, desktop software, or document/rendering services process untrusted fonts using FreeType before 2.4.9. Treat this as a legacy availability risk. Prioritize remediation for systems that parse user-supplied fonts, documents, web pages, or mobile content, especially where uptime matters. Mitigation focus: Upgrade FreeType to 2.4.9 or a vendor-fixed package.; Patch named downstream products, including affected Firefox Mobile versions.; Review OS vendor advisories for backported fixes..

Prepared: Jun 24, 2026, 12:52 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Apr 25, 2012, 10:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733512CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=800606CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM

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CVE-2012-1143: FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote at...