CVE-2010-3311

CVE Details

Release Date:

2011-01-07

Description

Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to an input stream position error issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1797.

See more information about CVE-2010-3311 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

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

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