VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-2805
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-08-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Primary references
- secalert@redhat.com — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com — Broken Link