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CVE-2010-1797
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in…
High9.3EPSS 33.9%
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- apple
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.9% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (22)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14538 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 66828 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-972-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 40816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 48951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- appleios-pdf-code-execution(60856) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 40807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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