CVE-2010-2805
The FT_Stream_EnterFrame function in base/ftstream.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 does not properly validate certain position values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
- EPSS
- 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apple:iphone_os
- apple:mac_os_x
- apple:tvos
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- freetype:freetype
References
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=45a3c76b547511fa9d97aca34b150a0663257375
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2