CVE-2010-2520

N/A Unknown
Published: August 19, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, 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=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.7%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

Affected Vendors

debian canonical apple freetype

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