CVE-2010-3311

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3311
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-07 23:00:18 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to an "input stream position error" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1797.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 rc1 All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.11 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.9 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
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 623625 – CVE-2010-3311 freetype: Input stream position error by processing Compact Font Format (CFF) font files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
FreeType Rendering Engine Position Value Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1013-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2116-1 freetype af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA48951 - SUSE update for freetype2 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:201 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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