CVE-2010-1797
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before
02 Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 33.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-08-16 18:25Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-05-06
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 47f25a48e0b0e744af731e1890be2f5bc09ea074bf84545d33300ad641ae6c5e
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc
- www.exploit-db.com14538http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2018http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018
- osvdb.org66828http://osvdb.org/66828
- www.f-secure.comhttp://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-972-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-08-11-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
- secunia.com40816http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292
- freetype.sourceforge.nethttp://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
- www.securityfocus.com42151http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291
- secunia.com40982http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2106http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-08-11-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
- secunia.com48951http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comappleios-pdf-code-execution(60856)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856
- secunia.com40807http://secunia.com/advisories/40807
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.