Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FreeType font
library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:
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 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.
CVE-2010-2541
Buffer overflow in ftmulti.c in the ftmulti demo program in FreeType
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
CVE-2010-2805
The FT_Stream_EnterFrame function in base/ftstream.c in FreeType does
not properly validate certain position values, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code via a c...
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