Medium 6.8Published Nov 26, 2010

CVE-2010-3814Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_SHZ function in ttinterp.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_SHZ function in ttinterp.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SHZ bytecode instruction, related to TrueType opcodes, as demonstrated by a PDF document with a crafted embedded font.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
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	through 2.4.3; 1.3.1; 2.0.6; 2.0.9; 2.1; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.1.5; and 25 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602221
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0edf0986f3be570f5bf90ff245a85c1675f5c9a4
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/43138
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3814
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456	vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
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