CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2806

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2010-08-19 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-129

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 code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (< 2.4.2) • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • apple iphone os (< 4.2) • apple mac os x (< 10.6.5) • apple tvos (< 4.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness

References