CVE-2010-2541
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Buffer overflow
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 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 complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewAdvisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Advisory