Executive Summary

Summary
Titlefreetype security update
Informations
NameDSA-2350First vendor Publication2011-11-20
VendorDebianLast vendor Modification2011-11-20
Severity (Vendor) N/ARevision1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score9.3Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityMedium
Cvss Expoit Score8.6AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's processing of CID-keyed fonts could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny8.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2350

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-119Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os96

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
77014Apple iOS CoreGraphics Component src/cid/cidload.c FreeType CID-keyed Type 1 ...

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