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CVE-2010-2497

Published: 19 August 2010

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
code not present in lucid and earlier

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
freetype
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(code not present)
hardy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jaunty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
karmic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream
Released (2.4.0)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc