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CVE-2010-2497
Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or…
Medium6.8EPSS 5.6%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% 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: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [freetype] 20100712 FreeType 2.4.0 has been released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100714 Re: Multiple bugs in freetype (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100713 Multiple bugs in freetype (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30083 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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