CVE-2010-2498
published 2010-08-19CVE-2010-2498: 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…
PriorityP433medium6.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
5.64%
92.1th percentile
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.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | mac_os_x | < 10.6.5 | 10.6.5 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | freetype | < freetype 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) | freetype 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) |
| freetype | freetype | < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.8MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2010-07-20
CVE-2010-2498 FreeType vulnerabilities
Title: FreeType vulnerabilities
Robert Święcki discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
vendor_redhat·2010-06-09·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2498 [MEDIUM] freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
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.
Package: freetype (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2010-2498: freetype - The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType befo...
vendor_debian·2010·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2498: freetype - The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType befo...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-73vq-553q-pmh8: The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2010-2498 [MEDIUM] CWE-787 GHSA-73vq-553q-pmh8: The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo
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.
OSV
CVE-2010-2498: The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo
osv·2010-08-19·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2498: The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2497 CVE-2010-2498 CVE-2010-2499 CVE-2010-2500 CVE-2010-2519 CVE-2010-2520 CVE-2010-2527 CVE-2010-2541 freetype various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2010-07-10·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2497 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2497 CVE-2010-2498 CVE-2010-2499 CVE-2010-2500 CVE-2010-2519 CVE-2010-2520 CVE-2010-2527 CVE-2010-2541 freetype various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2010-2497 CVE-2010-2498 CVE-2010-2499 CVE-2010-2500 CVE-2010-2519 CVE-2010-2520 CVE-2010-2527 CVE-2010-2541 freetype various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
Forr more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When creating a Bodhi update request, please include the bug IDs of the
respective parent bugs filed against the "Security Response" product.
Please mention CVE ids in the RPM changelog when available.
Bodhi update submission link:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2498 freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
bugzilla·2010-07-09·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2498 freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
CVE-2010-2498 freetype: invalid free vulnerability with possible heap corruption
Robert Swiecki reported an invalid free flaw, that could possibly corrupt the heap, in freetype. This could cause applications linked against freetype to crash (SIGABRT) or, possibly, lead to the execution of arbitrary code if an attacker were able to get a victim to load a malicious font file.
The affected code is not present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (freetype 2.1.4). In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 this code is present, but does not cause a crash.
This issue has been given the name CVE-2010-2498.
Upstream bug report:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30106
Upstream commit that fixes the issue:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef4
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/48951http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlhttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2http://secunia.com/advisories/48951http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106
2010-08-19
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