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CVE-2010-2808

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Publication date:
19/08/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.4.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.6.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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