Mend.io Vulnerability Database

What is a CVE vulnerability ID? icon What is a WS vulnerability ID? icon What is an MSC vulnerability ID? icon
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
icon

We found results for “”

CVE-2010-2806

Good to know:

icon
icon

Date: August 19, 2010

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (28)

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42285
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30656
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2806
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2806
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621980
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2806

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Validation of Array Index

CWE-129

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Top Fix

icon

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 2.4.2

Learn More

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
Additional information:

Do you need more information?

Contact Us