CVE-2010-2806
Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
02 Description
Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
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
- 5.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% 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 02:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-07-22
- 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
- 0a05f8e825edb12a1b571358503b62d2a271ffb6e3d3c152daf655a7c6d05d8a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3045http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2018http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3046http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0737https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-972-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100806 Re: CVE Request -- FreeType -- Memory corruption flaw by processing certain LWFN fonts + three morehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2
- secunia.com42317http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
- secunia.com40816http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
- freetype.sourceforge.nethttp://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30656
- secunia.com42314http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0864http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html
- secunia.com40982http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2106http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621980
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557
- www.securityfocus.com42285http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42285
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0736https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html
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.
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