CVE-2010-3855: freetype

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified

AliasesRHSA-2010:0889DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3855

Published 26-11-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-3855 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 5.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

28/100

0100

Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

6.8/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

5.28%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

DSA-2155-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1

Timeline

26-11-2010
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the ft_var_readpackedpoints function in truetype/ttgxvar.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType GX font.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

5.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.28% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026

EPSS score

5.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected systems

Redhat5 products

freetype< 0:2.1.9-17.el4_8.1 | < 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5.1 | < 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.2
freetype-debuginfo< 0:2.1.9-17.el4_8.1 | < 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5.1 | < 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.2
freetype-demos< 0:2.1.9-17.el4_8.1 | < 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5.1 | < 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.2
freetype-devel< 0:2.1.9-17.el4_8.1 | < 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5.1 | < 0:2.3.11-6.el6_0.2
freetype-utils< 0:2.1.9-17.el4_8.1

Debian1 product

freetype< 2.4.2-2.1

Freetype1 product

freetype≤ 2.4.3 | 1.3.1 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.9 | 2.1 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.1.5 | 2.1.6 | 2.1.7 | 2.1.8 | 2.1.9 | 2.1.10 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.10 | 2.3.0 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.6 | 2.3.7 | 2.3.8 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.10 | 2.3.11 | 2.3.12 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2

3 vendors · 7 products