CVE - CVE-2010-2498

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2498	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1024266 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266 MISC:48951 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 MISC:APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html MISC:DSA-2070 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070 MISC:MDVSA-2010:137 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2010:0578 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html MISC:USN-963-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1 MISC:[freetype] 20100712 FreeType 2.4.0 has been released URL:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html MISC:[oss-security] 20100713 Multiple bugs in freetype URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20100714 Re: Multiple bugs in freetype URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2 MISC:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2 URL:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2 MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160 MISC:https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106 URL:https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100628	Disclaimer: The record 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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100628)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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