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CVE-2010-2498

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2010-08-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxFreetype FreetypeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxApple Mac Os X

Weakness Type

CWE-787

References