CVE-2010-2541

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 19, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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