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title: "CVE-2006-1861\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-1861

Publication date 23 May 2006

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, (3)
cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read\_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file in
base/ftmac.c. NOTE: item 4 was originally identified by CVE-2006-2493.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freetype | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.4 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1861)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1861)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1861)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1861)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-291-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-291-1)
+ FreeType vulnerabilities
+ 8 June 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1861>