CVE-2007-2754

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    CVE-2007-2754

    Published: 17 May 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/25350, http://secunia.com/advisories/25353, http://secunia.com/advisories/25386, http://secunia.com/advisories/25463, http://secunia.com/advisories/25483, http://secunia.com/advisories/25609, http://secunia.com/advisories/25612, http://secunia.com/advisories/25654, http://secunia.com/advisories/25705, http://secunia.com/advisories/25808, http://secunia.com/advisories/25894, http://secunia.com/advisories/25905, http://secunia.com/advisories/26129, http://secunia.com/advisories/26305, http://secunia.com/advisories/28298, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://secunia.com/advisories/35074, http://secunia.com/advisories/35200, http://secunia.com/advisories/35204, http://secunia.com/advisories/35233, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1302, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1334, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:121, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_41_freetype2.html, http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.018.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-466-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1894, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2229, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0049, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-04/msg00041.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240200, http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html, http://osvdb.org/36509, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102967-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103171-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200033-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-330.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-02.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0403.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24074, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018088, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1390, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11325, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5532, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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