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CVE-2010-2498 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freetype freetype	< 2.4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 8.04 9.04 9.10 10.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x	< 10.6.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 6, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 26, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 26, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 20, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2010-2498 Details

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