Buffer overflow in Freetype
CVE-2010-2541
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freetype
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 10.04, 9.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Issue Tracking)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- securitytracker.com/id (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/40982 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)