CVE-2010-2499

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c 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 LaserWriter PS font file with an embedded PFB fragment.

References

Advisories

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30249

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613162

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html

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

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266

http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

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

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

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

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

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f29f741efbba0a5ce2f16464f648fb8d026ed4c8

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c69891a1345640096fbf396e8dd567fe879ce233

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-08-19

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03379