CVE-2010-2520

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    CVE-2010-2520

    Published: 19 Aug 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

    References: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html, http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2, http://secunia.com/advisories/48951, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html, http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

    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