CVE-2010-2519

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remot

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.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 length value in a POST fragment header in a font file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.0452

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Public exploit or PoC is available

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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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Affected Products & Versions

freetype< 2.4.0
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
apple mac os x< 10.6.5
debian linuxall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocsavannah.nongnu.org · ?30306savannah.nongnu.org

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Scoring & Timeline

6.8

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD19 Aug 2010 · 06:00 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2010:0622Important
rhsaRHSA-2010:0578Low
usnUSN-963-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5ef20c8c1d4de12a84b50ba497c2a358c90ec44bPatchThird Party Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b2ea64bcc6c385a8e8318f9c759450a07df58b6dPatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlMailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613194Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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