CVE-2010-2805

EPSS 5.1%

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.

Affected products

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References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=45a3c76b547511fa9d97aca34b150a0663257375 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view