CVE-2010-2520
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
- EPSS
- 5.7% 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=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b
- 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
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2