Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24206Denial Of Service (DoS)
EPSS
Percentile
94.7%
freetype is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a stack overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed PostScript Type 1 font files that contain nested Standard Encoding Accented Character (seac) calls. If a user loaded a specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/42314
secunia.com/advisories/42317
secunia.com/advisories/48951
support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/bid/42621
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0737
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html
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