CVE - CVE-2010-1797

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-1797	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 CONFIRM:http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 EXPLOIT-DB:14538 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538 MISC:http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html UBUNTU:USN-972-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 BID:42151 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151 OSVDB:66828 URL:http://osvdb.org/66828 SECUNIA:40807 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40807 SECUNIA:40816 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 SECUNIA:40982 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 SECUNIA:48951 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 VUPEN:ADV-2010-2018 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 VUPEN:ADV-2010-2106 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 XF:appleios-pdf-code-execution(60856) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20100506	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20100506)
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