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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Change History

Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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.

CVE-2010-3855 Freetype : Heap based buffer overflow in ft_var_readpackedpoints()

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0889 [No Types Assigned]

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3855 [No Types Assigned]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645275 [No Types Assigned]

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR
     *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*