CVE-2010-3053
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted BDF font file, related to an attempted modification of a value in a static string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3055)
- 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-2010-3055 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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