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title: "CVE-2010-2500\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2500

Publication date 20 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in the gray\_render\_span function in smooth/ftgrays.c 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freetype | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.3.9-5ubuntu0.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.7 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2500?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| freetype | * Upstream:   [?id=630](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=6305b869d86ff415a33576df6d43729673c66eee) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2500)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2500)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2500)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2500)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-963-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-963-1)
+ FreeType vulnerabilities
+ 20 July 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2500>