CVE-2010-3311 Information

Description

Integer overflow in base/ftstream.c in libXft (aka the X FreeType library) in FreeType before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow related to an \input stream position error\ issue a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1797.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2116 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:201 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43700 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1013-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=623625 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html