CVE-2010-2527

N/A Unknown

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

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.

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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-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch 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=127912955808467&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html

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=614557

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec