CVE-2010-3814
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Ins_SHZ function in ttinterp.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SHZ bytecode instruction, related to TrueType opcodes, as demonstrated by a PDF document with a crafted embedded font.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3793)
- Published
- November 26, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3793 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
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- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
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- freetype / freetype
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- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
- freetype / freetype
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602221
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0edf0986f3be570f5bf90ff245a85c1675f5c9a4
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3814
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2155
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:236
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44643
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024767
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1013-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0246
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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