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CVE-2010-2527

Multiple buffer overflows in demo programs in FreeType before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Published

2010-08-19T18:00:04.607

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-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freetype	freetype	< 2.4.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	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

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec Patch, 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=127912955808467&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054 Issue Tracking, 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://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 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=614557 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec Patch, 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=127912955808467&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054 Issue Tracking, 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://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 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=614557 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)