CVE-2010-2806

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-08-19
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

See more information about CVE-2010-2806 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (freetype)	ELSA-2010-0737	2010-10-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (freetype)	ELSA-2010-0889	2010-11-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (freetype)	ELSA-2010-0737	2010-10-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (freetype)	ELSA-2010-0889	2010-11-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (freetype)	ELSA-2010-0889	2010-11-16