CVE-2010-3311
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to an "input stream position error" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1797.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2116
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:201
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43700
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1013-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623625