CVE-2010-2806
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · CWE-129
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a 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://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2Patch
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40816Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314Advisory