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CVE-2010-2520

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Published

2010-08-19T18:00:04.500

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

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=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b 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://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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b 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://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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)