Medium 6.8Published Aug 19, 2010

CVE-2010-2497Integer 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.

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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.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-191
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

freetype freetype freetype:freetype	before 2.4.0	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.6.5	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	5.0	NVD

References

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7d3d2cc4fef72c6be9c454b3809c387e12b44cfc	patch, third-party-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html	mailing-list, release-notes, third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951	third-party-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435	broken-link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070	third-party-advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137	third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613154	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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