CVE-2010-2806

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2010-2806
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-08-19T18:00:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T03:19:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-129 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.4.2
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:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.2
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.6.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.0
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://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621980 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30656 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 Third Party Advisory
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42285 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html Broken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2806
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2806
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:17:12 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 18:02:38 2023-02-02T17:17:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 18:02:38 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 18:02:39 Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2010-2806 FreeType: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing FontType42 fonts with negative length of SFNT strings (FT bug #30656) Description updated
2023-02-13 04:03:03 2023-02-13T03:19:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 04:03:03 CVE-2010-2806 FreeType: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing FontType42 fonts with negative length of SFNT strings (FT bug #30656) Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. Description updated