Vulnerability CVE-2010-2500
Published: 2010-08-19   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Integer overflow in the gray_render_span function in smooth/ftgrays.c 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.

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Topic
Author
Date
High
FreeType 2 Font File Processing Errors (Execute Arbitrary Code)
Werner LEMBERG
22.08.2010

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Freetype -> Freetype 

 References:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30263
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613167
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=6305b869d86ff415a33576df6d43729673c66eee
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