Description
Integer underflow in glyph handling 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.
Published: 2010-08-19
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2070-1 New freetype packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2501 Integer underflow in glyph handling 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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Apple Mac Os X
Debian Debian Linux
Freetype Freetype
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.845Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2497

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-08-19T18:00:03.857

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2497

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2497 - Bugzilla

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