CVE-2010-1797
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 33.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1817)
- Published
- August 16, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1817 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
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References
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/66828
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40807(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40816(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40982(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538(Exploit)
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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