CVE-2010-2497

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2497
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-19 18:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-191 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Broken Link
The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #30083, SIGSEGV while loading a glyph... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.nongnu.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:137 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 613154 – CVE-2010-2497 freetype: integer underflow vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2070-1 freetype af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #30082, SIGSEGV while loading one of the... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.nongnu.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
'Re: [oss-security] Multiple bugs in freetype' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
'[oss-security] Multiple bugs in freetype' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[ft] FreeType 2.4.0 has been released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA48951 - SUSE update for freetype2 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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