CVE-2010-2498
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Out-of-bounds write
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
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://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2Patch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435