CVE-2010-2541 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Reference

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.htmlrelease-freetype-2.4.2 http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266 http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342