CVE-2010-2520

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_IUP function in truetype/ttinterp.c in FreeType before 2.4.0, when TrueType bytecode support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

• CWE-787

• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54bPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54bPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 19, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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