CVE-2010-2527
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Buffer overflow
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in demo programs in FreeType before 2.4.0 allow 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 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-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508becPatch
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127912955808467&w=2Advisory
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlAdvisory