6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
freetype is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability exists if a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with a demo application, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec
lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127912955808467&w=2
savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054
secunia.com/advisories/48951
securitytracker.com/id?1024266
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0578
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614557