CVE-2010-2541
N/A
Published: August 19, 2010 at 05:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFreeType
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 2.4.2
Affected range stops below 2.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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