CVE-2010-3053

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% 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-20

Description

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted BDF font file, related to an attempted modification of a value in a static string.

Affected products

FreeType: through 2.4.1; 1.3.1, 2.0.6, 2.0.9, 2.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 (+23)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019

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