CVE-2010-2498

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-2498
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2010-08-19T18:00:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-04-06T12:51:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.4.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.6.5
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2498
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2498
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:17:14 Added to TrackCVE