CVE-2010-2541

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.

• CWE-120

• http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40982Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48951Third Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/viewThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 19, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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