CVE-2010-2807

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-681

Description

FreeType before 2.4.2 uses incorrect integer data types during bounds checking, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: before 4.2 — fixed in 4.2
macOS: before 10.6.5 — fixed in 10.6.5
Apple tvOS: before 4.1.0 — fixed in 4.1.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04
FreeType: before 2.4.2 — fixed in 2.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Iphone Os 4.2; macOS 10.6.5; Apple tvOS 4.1.0; FreeType 2.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=346f1867fd32dae8f56e5b482d1af98f626804ac
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456

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