Vulnerability in Freetype
CVE-2010-3311
Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to an "input stream position error" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1797.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freetype — versions 1.3.1, 2.0.6, 2.0.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43700 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2116 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1013-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48951 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-3311?
- CVE-2010-3311 is a vulnerability in Freetype, classified under CWE-189. Published 2011-01-07.
- Is CVE-2010-3311 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.