CVE-2010-2541
published 2010-08-19CVE-2010-2541: Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or…
PriorityP432medium6.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
4.78%
91.0th percentile
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | freetype | < freetype 2.4.2-1 (bookworm) | freetype 2.4.2-1 (bookworm) |
| freetype | freetype | < 2.4.2 | 2.4.2 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.2-1 | 2.4.2-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.2-1 | 2.4.2-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.2-1 | 2.4.2-1 |
| freetype | freetype | >= 0 < 2.4.2-1 | 2.4.2-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.8LOW
vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2010-08-17
CVE-2010-1797 FreeType vulnerabilities
Title: FreeType vulnerabilities
It was 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 cause FreeType to crash or possibly 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 ftmulti buffer overflow
vendor_redhat·2010-07-22·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2541 [MEDIUM] Freetype ftmulti buffer overflow
Freetype ftmulti buffer overflow
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Package: freetype (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Affected
Debian
CVE-2010-2541: freetype - Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4....
vendor_debian·2010·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2541 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2541: freetype - Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4....
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.2-1)
GHSA
GHSA-4396-rhqw-4hpg: Buffer overflow in ftmulti
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2010-2541 [MEDIUM] CWE-120 GHSA-4396-rhqw-4hpg: Buffer overflow in ftmulti
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
OSV
CVE-2010-2541: Buffer overflow in ftmulti
osv·2010-08-19·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2541 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2541: Buffer overflow in ftmulti
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2541 Freetype ftmulti buffer overflow
bugzilla·2010-07-22·CVSS 6.8
CVE-2010-2541 [MEDIUM] CVE-2010-2541 Freetype ftmulti buffer overflow
CVE-2010-2541 Freetype ftmulti buffer overflow
While fixing CVE-2010-2527 Marek Kašík discovered an additional buffer
overflow in the ftmulti demo program.
The demo application could crash or, possibly, lead to the execution of
arbitrary code if an attacker were able to get a victim to load a malicious
font file.
This is CVE-2010-2541
Discussion:
Created attachment 433794
Current proposed patch
Please note, upstream has not yet taken this patch. They added a broken patch to their upstream git repository:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=3636982a7666bcfa0e47fb31d565314d1b3e7d78
Do not use that upstream patch, it doesn't fix anything.
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Created freetype tracking bugs for this issue
Affects: fedora-all [bug 613299]
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This issue has been
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
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2010-08-19
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