The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
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Information
Published : 2010-08-19 18:00
Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51
NVD link : CVE-2010-2498
Mitre link : CVE-2010-2498
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-2498
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Products Affected
apple
- mac_os_x
freetype
- freetype
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write