CVE-2010-2497
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.
02 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.
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
- 5.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.6% 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
- 2010-08-19 17:43Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d51f227eac2b5fcc2fc7e92fe1cdb29d6ba4be3a58cb4d1b99de50a95a879014
05 Affected products
06 References
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30082
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- lists.nongnu.org[freetype] 20100712 FreeType 2.4.0 has been releasedhttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100714 Re: Multiple bugs in freetypehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-2070http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100713 Multiple bugs in freetypehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:137http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30083
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc
- secunia.com48951http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.4.0-1
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.