CVE-2010-2806

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

FreeType

First reported 14 years ago

2010-08-19 18:00:00

Last updated 14 years ago

2011-01-12 06:51:00

Affected Software

FreeType 1.3.1

1.3.1

FreeType 2.0.6

2.0.6

FreeType 2.0.9

2.0.9

FreeType 2.1

2.1

FreeType 2.1.3

2.1.3

FreeType 2.1.4

2.1.4

FreeType 2.1.5

2.1.5

FreeType 2.1.6

2.1.6

FreeType 2.1.7

2.1.7

FreeType 2.1.8

2.1.8

FreeType 2.1.8 rc1

2.1.8_rc1

FreeType 2.1.9

2.1.9

FreeType 2.1.10

2.1.10

FreeType 2.2

2.2

FreeType 2.2.1

2.2.1

FreeType 2.3.0

2.3.0

FreeType 2.3.1

2.3.1

FreeType 2.3.2

2.3.2

FreeType 2.3.3

2.3.3

FreeType 2.3.4

2.3.4

FreeType 2.3.5

2.3.5

FreeType 2.3.6

2.3.6

FreeType 2.3.7

2.3.7

FreeType 2.3.8

2.3.8

FreeType 2.3.9

2.3.9

FreeType 2.3.10

2.3.10

FreeType 2.3.11

2.3.11

FreeType 2.3.12

2.3.12

FreeType 2.4.0

2.4.0

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