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CVSSv2

CVE-2010-2519

Published: 19/08/2010 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 613
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType prior to 2.4.0 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length value in a POST fragment header in a font file.

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Red Hat: Important: freetype security update
Synopsis Important: freetype security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact Common V ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: freetype vulnerabilities
Robert Święcki discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges ...

References

CWE-787http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b2ea64bcc6c385a8e8318f9c759450a07df58b6dhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613194http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5ef20c8c1d4de12a84b50ba497c2a358c90ec44bhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30306http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1024266http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48951https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0578https://usn.ubuntu.com/963-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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