CVE-2010-2520: Buffer Overflow
First published: Sat Jul 10 2010(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Freetype Freetype | <2.4.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =9.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =9.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Apple Mac OS X | <10.6.5 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2520
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30361
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=613198#c1
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