CVE-2008-1808: FreeType

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple off-by-one errors in FreeType2 before 2.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted table in a Printer Font Binary (PFB) file or (2) a crafted SHC instruction in a TrueType Font (TTF) file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• FreeType FreeType: version 1.3.1 only; version 2.0.6 only; version 2.0.9 only; version 2.1.7 only; version 2.1.9 only; version 2.1.10 only; …

Published 2008-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.