PT-2010-1113 · Freetype+2 · Freetype+2

Robert Swiecki · Published 2010-07-30 · Updated 2021-04-06 · CVE-2010-2527

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeType versions prior to 2.4.0 FreeType versions prior to 2.4.8

Description The issue concerns multiple buffer overflows in demo programs within FreeType, potentially allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities may lead to breaches in confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, and can be carried out remotely.

Recommendations For FreeType versions prior to 2.4.0, update to version 2.4.0 or later. For FreeType versions prior to 2.4.8, update to version 2.4.8 or later.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09431

CVE-2010-2527

DSA-2070-1

RHSA-2010:0577

RHSA-2010:0578

RHSA-2010_0578

Affected Products

Freetype

Red Hat

Suse

References · 27

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2527 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09431 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2527 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614557 · Patch
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec · Patch
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html · Note
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30248 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2527 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 · Note