CVE-2010-2806

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-129

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2010-2806: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix