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CVE-2010-3814

Published: 22 October 2010

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_SHZ function in ttinterp.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SHZ bytecode instruction, related to TrueType opcodes, as demonstrated by a PDF document with a crafted embedded font.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
dapper doesn't look affected

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
freetype
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8)
hardy
Released (2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.6)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic
Released (2.3.9-5ubuntu0.4)
lucid
Released (2.3.11-1ubuntu2.4)
maverick
Released (2.4.2-2ubuntu0.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0edf0986f3be570f5bf90ff245a85c1675f5c9a4