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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-1797 Detail

Current Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 Apple Inc., CVE
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 Apple Inc., CVE
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc Apple Inc., CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://osvdb.org/66828 Apple Inc., CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/40807 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 Apple Inc., CVE
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view Apple Inc., CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538 Apple Inc., CVE Exploit 
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151 Apple Inc., CVE Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1 Apple Inc., CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106 Apple Inc., CVE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 Apple Inc., CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 Apple Inc., CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856 Apple Inc., CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1797
NVD Published Date:
08/16/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Apple Inc.