CVE-2010-2541

N/A Unknown

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

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 crafted font file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Release Notes Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/40982

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view

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-972-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2