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CVE-2007-2754 Detail

Description

Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-04/msg00041.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://osvdb.org/36509 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25350 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25353 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25386 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25463 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25483 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25609 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25612 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25654 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25705 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25808 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25905 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26129 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26305 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35200 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35233 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102967-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103171-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200033-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-330.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1302 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1334 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:121 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_41_freetype2.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0403.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018088 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-466-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1894 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2229 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0049 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240200 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1390 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5532 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2754
NVD Published Date:
05/17/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.