CVE-2010-2527
Multiple buffer overflows in demo programs in FreeType before 2.4.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
02 Description
Multiple buffer overflows in demo programs in FreeType before 2.4.0 allow 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
- 5.64% 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
- Low. 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 02:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5628c7ffe23c084ca88adfa2b9c4ecb82f6c13dacdb7ab1d21f15ba159ea52f9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-963-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614557
- lists.nongnu.org[freetype] 20100712 FreeType 2.4.0 has been releasedhttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2070http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec
- securitytracker.com1024266http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100714 Re: Multiple bugs in freetypehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127912955808467&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0578http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0577http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
- savannah.nongnu.orghttp://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054
- 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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