Is CVE-2010-2806 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-2806 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-2806?

CVE-2010-2806 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-2806

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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-129
EPSS score: 5.8% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-2810)
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-2010-2810 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / iphone os
apple / mac os x
apple / tvos
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
freetype / freetype

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c06da1ad34663da7b6fc39b030dc3ae185b96557(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128111955616772&w=2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42317(Third Party Advisory)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0864.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42285(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046(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=621980(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html(Broken Link)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html(Broken Link)
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30656(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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

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