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CVE-2010-2497

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Description

Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30082

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30083

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2010-08-19

Updated: 2021-03-23

Type: CWE-191

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

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