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CVE-2010-1797

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-1797 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-08-16T18:39:40.403

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	1.1.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	2.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	3.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	4.0.1	Yes

References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/66828 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40807 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856 ([email protected])
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/66828 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40807 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apple's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.