CVE-2010-2806

EPSS 5.8%

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.

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=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557 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 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621980 http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view