Is CVE-2010-2541 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2541 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2541?

CVE-2010-2541 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-2541

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 4.8% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2545)
Published: August 19, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2545 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
freetype / freetype

References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019(Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617342(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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