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CVE-2010-2500

Integer overflow in the gray_render_span function in smooth/ftgrays.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-2500 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from freetype, from canonical, from apple and 1 other, 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

2010-08-19T18:00:04.280

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freetype	freetype	< 2.4.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	9.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	9.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	< 10.6.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=6305b869d86ff415a33576df6d43729673c66eee Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613167 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30263 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=6305b869d86ff415a33576df6d43729673c66eee Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613167 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30263 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (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 freetype'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.