Medium 6.8Published Aug 19, 2010

CVE-2010-2498The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap me…

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The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
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
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 8.04; 9.04; 9.10; 10.04	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=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2	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://securitytracker.com/id?1024266	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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
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