CVE-2010-2541
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
02 Description
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
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
- 4.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% 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
- 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
- 75e7f7981b1971675d65f5b09dc38dced08a2cf1e8ef755444246dd1f9f154c7
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-972-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
- freetype.sourceforge.nethttp://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
- securitytracker.com1024266http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
- secunia.com40982http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0578http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2106http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0577http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
- secunia.com48951http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
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.