CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-3855

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2010-11-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-11-26
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-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ft_var_readpackedpoints function in truetype/ttgxvar.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType GX font.

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (<= 2.4.3) • freetype freetype 1.3.1 • freetype freetype 2.0.6 • freetype freetype 2.0.9 • freetype freetype 2.1 • freetype freetype 2.1.3 • freetype freetype 2.1.4 • freetype freetype 2.1.5 • freetype freetype 2.1.6 • freetype freetype 2.1.7 • freetype freetype 2.1.8 • freetype freetype 2.1.9 • freetype freetype 2.1.10 • freetype freetype 2.2.0 • freetype freetype 2.2.1 • freetype freetype 2.2.10 • freetype freetype 2.3.0 • freetype freetype 2.3.1 • freetype freetype 2.3.2 • freetype freetype 2.3.3 • freetype freetype 2.3.4 • freetype freetype 2.3.5 • freetype freetype 2.3.6 • freetype freetype 2.3.7 • freetype freetype 2.3.8 • freetype freetype 2.3.9 • freetype freetype 2.3.10 • freetype freetype 2.3.11 • freetype freetype 2.3.12 • freetype freetype 2.4.0 • freetype freetype 2.4.1 • freetype freetype 2.4.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References