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

EPSS: 0.048 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freetype
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 10.04, 9.04
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)