CVE-2010-2805

Description

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.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42285

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view

http://secunia.com/advisories/48951

http://secunia.com/advisories/42317

http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

http://secunia.com/advisories/40982

http://secunia.com/advisories/40816

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=45a3c76b547511fa9d97aca34b150a0663257375

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3