PublicDateAtUSN: 2010-07-20
Candidate: CVE-2010-2499
PublicDate: 2010-08-19 18:00:00 UTC
References: 
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2499
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-963-1
Description:
 Buffer overflow in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in
 FreeType before 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
 (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted
 LaserWriter PS font file with an embedded PFB fragment.
Ubuntu-Description: 
Notes: 
Bugs: 
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30248
 http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30249
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to: 
CVSS: 

Patches_freetype:
 upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c69891a1345640096fbf396e8dd567fe879ce233
 upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f29f741efbba0a5ce2f16464f648fb8d026ed4c8
upstream_freetype: released (2.4.0)
dapper_freetype: released (2.1.10-1ubuntu2.7)
hardy_freetype: released (2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.3)
jaunty_freetype: released (2.3.9-4ubuntu0.2)
karmic_freetype: released (2.3.9-5ubuntu0.1)
lucid_freetype: released (2.3.11-1ubuntu2.1)
devel_freetype: not-affected (2.4.0-2)