CVE-2010-2806
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-2806 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-08-19 18:00:05 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
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 | Iphone Os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Tvos | 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 |
| Application | Freetype | Freetype | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Re: [oss-security] CVE Request -- FreeType -- Memory corruption' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| 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 |
| About the security content of iOS 4.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| USN-972-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| access.redhat.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| The FreeType Project | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | freetype.sourceforge.net | Release Notes, Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.savannah.gnu.org | Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Browse The FreeType Project Files on SourceForge.net | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceforge.net | Third Party Advisory |
| Ubuntu update for freetype - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 621980 – CVE-2010-2806 FreeType: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing FontType42 fonts with negative length of SFNT strings (FT bug #30656) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Bug #617019 “FreeType security fixes in 2.4.2” : Maverick (10.10) : Bugs : freetype package : Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.launchpad.net | Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1 iOS 4.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About the security content of Apple TV software update 4.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #30656, Crash - SIGSEGV - in... [Savannah] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | savannah.nongnu.org | Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| access.redhat.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| Apple TV Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Malformed Request | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-2806 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 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.