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CVE-2010-2808

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2...

6.8 MediumFix available

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Exploit likelihood

4.50%Down 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
CVE-2010-2808
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
CVE-2010-2808
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2812 No score

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
EUVD-2010-2812
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gmf8-rm42-fhx8 No score

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2...

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
GHSA-gmf8-rm42-fhx8
Weakness
CWE-120
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
CVE-2010-2808
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2010-2808 No score

Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Type 1 Mac Font File (aka LWFN) font.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2808
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freetype
Debian:12
 before 2.4.2-1
2.4.2-1
freetype
Debian:13
 before 2.4.2-1
2.4.2-1
freetype
Debian:14
 before 2.4.2-1
2.4.2-1
freetype
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 2.3.7-2+lenny3, plus listed versions
2.3.7-22.3.7-2+lenny12.3.7-2+lenny2
2.3.7-2+lenny3
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-demos
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
freetype-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1
0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.1

History

History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-2808 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Freetype, published August 19, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.50%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in freetype 2.4.2-1.

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