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CVE-2010-2497

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Published: Aug 19, 2010 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
7.5 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2497
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html

Integer underflow in glyph handling in FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Weakness

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Freetype Freetype * 2.4.0 (excluding)
Freetype Ubuntu upstream *

References

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