Description
The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
Published: 2010-08-19
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 2.6% 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-2010-2502 The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-963-1 FreeType vulnerabilities
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Apple Mac Os X
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Freetype Freetype
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.854Z

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

Link: CVE-2010-2498

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-08-19T18:00:04.000

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

Link: CVE-2010-2498

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2010-2498 - Bugzilla

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