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CVE-2010-2806

N/A
Published: August 19, 2010 at 05:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsmacOSiPhone OSUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

iPhone OS· Apple
95%
v < 4.2
Affected range stops below 4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
macOS· Apple
95%
v < 10.6.5
Affected range stops below 10.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
tvOS· Apple
95%
v < 4.1.0
Affected range stops below 4.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.046.068.049.049.10
FreeType· Freetype
95%
v < 2.4.2
Affected range stops below 2.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (25)

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129

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