CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-2808

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-120

Description

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (< 2.4.2) • apple iphone os (< 4.2) • apple mac os x (< 10.6.5) • apple tvos (< 4.1.0) • 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

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References