CVE-2010-2808
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Buffer overflow
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.
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.
Official patch: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=81f3472c0ba7b8f6466e2e214fa8c1c17fade975 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=81f3472c0ba7b8f6466e2e214fa8c1c17fade975Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128110167119337&w=2Patch
- 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