CVE-2010-2498
The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap
02 Description
The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap
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
- 5.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% 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
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 582e1f5bc7219c253df2e1ddaf79a5a02334192771b08651d3fc7b72cdc456d4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-963-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2
- 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
- securitytracker.com1024266http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0578http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:137http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
- 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.
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