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title: "CVE-2010-2808\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2808

Publication date 12 August 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

Buffer overflow in the Mac\_Read\_POST\_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in
FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freetype | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.3.9-5ubuntu0.2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8 |

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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-2010-2808?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=81f](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=81f3472c0ba7b8f6466e2e214fa8c1c17fade975) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2808)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2808)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2808)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2808)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-972-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-972-1)
+ FreeType vulnerabilities
+ 17 August 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2808>