CVE-2007-2754
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178Patch
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/36509
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-04/msg00041.htmlExploit