CVE-2010-2520
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.1 · Out-of-bounds write
5.1CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:H/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=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54bPatch
- 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://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070Advisory