CVE-2010-2498
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-2498 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-08-19 18:00:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 6.06 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 8.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 9.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 9.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Freetype | Freetype | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #30106, Invalid free (heap corruption?)... [Savannah] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | savannah.nongnu.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:137 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Third Party Advisory |
| freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.savannah.gnu.org | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2070-1 freetype | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| 'Re: [oss-security] Multiple bugs in freetype' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeType 2 Font File Processing Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| USN-963-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| '[oss-security] Multiple bugs in freetype' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 613160 – CVE-2010-2498 freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, 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 |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | 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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.