CVE-2010-2497

N/A Unknown

Published: August 19, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30082

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30083

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc