CVE-2010-2497
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CVE-2010-2497
Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Exploit probability
5.6%
Published
August 19, 2010
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2010-2497
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Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc
- 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://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30082
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30083