CVE-2010-2519
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c 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 length value in a POST fragment header in a font file.
- EPSS
- 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:mac_os_x
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- freetype:freetype
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5ef20c8c1d4de12a84b50ba497c2a358c90ec44b
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b2ea64bcc6c385a8e8318f9c759450a07df58b6d
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2