Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2010-2808
Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.
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: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Freetype
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 10.04, 9.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (Broken Link)
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Issue Tracking)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4457 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)