Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3855 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Freetype
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in the ft_var_readpackedpoints function in truetype/ttgxvar.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType GX font.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_FREETYPE2-7366.NASL description Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts. (CVE-2010-3814 / CVE-2010-3855) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 53487 published 2011-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/53487 title SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7366) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(53487); script_version ("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:43"); script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3814", "CVE-2010-3855"); script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7366)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts. (CVE-2010-3814 / CVE-2010-3855)" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3814.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3855.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 7366."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/03/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/04/19"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE."); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages."); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type."); if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented."); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:3, reference:"freetype2-2.1.10-18.25.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:3, reference:"freetype2-devel-2.1.10-18.25.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:3, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"freetype2-32bit-2.1.10-18.25.11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:3, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"freetype2-devel-32bit-2.1.10-18.25.11")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17742.NASL description - Mon Nov 15 2010 Marek Kasik <mkasik at redhat.com> 2.4.2-4 - Add freetype-2.4.2-CVE-2010-3855.patch (Protect against invalid `runcnt last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50619 published 2010-11-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50619 title Fedora 14 : freetype-2.4.2-4.fc14 (2010-17742) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_3_FREETYPE2-110303.NASL description Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts (CVE-2010-3814, CVE-2010-3855). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 75505 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75505 title openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0361-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1013-1.NASL description Marc Schoenefeld discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3311) Chris Evans discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted TrueType file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-3814) It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted TrueType file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-3855). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50491 published 2010-11-05 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50491 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-1013-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_FREETYPE2-7399.NASL description Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts. (CVE-2010-3814 / CVE-2010-3855) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57197 published 2011-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57197 title SuSE 10 Security Update : freetype2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7399) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2010-0889.NASL description Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 provide only the FreeType 2 font engine. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-3855) Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50808 published 2010-11-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50808 title CentOS 4 / 5 : freetype (CESA-2010:0889) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17728.NASL description - Mon Nov 15 2010 Marek Kasik <mkasik at redhat.com> 2.3.11-7 - Add freetype-2.3.11-CVE-2010-3855.patch (Protect against invalid `runcnt last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50670 published 2010-11-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50670 title Fedora 13 : freetype-2.3.11-7.fc13 (2010-17728) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2010-0889.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0889 : Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 provide only the FreeType 2 font engine. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-3855) Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 68142 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68142 title Oracle Linux 4 / 5 / 6 : freetype (ELSA-2010-0889) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_FREETYPE2-110304.NASL description Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts. (CVE-2010-3814 / CVE-2010-3855) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 53313 published 2011-04-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/53313 title SuSE 11.1 Security Update : freetype2 (SAT Patch Number 4089) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-236.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in freetype2 : An error within the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50608 published 2010-11-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50608 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2010:236) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20101116_FREETYPE_ON_SL4_X.NASL description A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-3855) Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60898 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60898 title Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2010-0889.NASL description Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 provide only the FreeType 2 font engine. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-3855) Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50620 published 2010-11-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50620 title RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : freetype (RHSA-2010:0889) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_10_6_7.NASL description The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6.x that is prior to 10.6.7. Mac OS X 10.6.7 contains security fixes for the following products : - AirPort - Apache - AppleScript - ATS - bzip2 - CarbonCore - ClamAV - CoreText - File Quarantine - HFS - ImageIO - Image RAW - Installer - Kerberos - Kernel - Libinfo - libxml - Mailman - PHP - QuickLook - QuickTime - Ruby - Samba - Subversion - Terminal - X11 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 52754 published 2011-03-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52754 title Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2155.NASL description Two buffer overflows were found in the Freetype font library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2011-02-01 plugin id 51828 published 2011-02-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51828 title Debian DSA-2155-1 : freetype - several vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_2_FREETYPE2-110303.NASL description Specially crafted font files could crash applications that use freetype2 to render the fonts (CVE-2010-3814, CVE-2010-3855). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 53723 published 2011-05-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/53723 title openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0361-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17755.NASL description - Mon Nov 15 2010 Marek Kasik <mkasik at redhat.com> 2.3.11-7 - Add freetype-2.3.11-CVE-2010-3855.patch (Protect against invalid `runcnt last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50672 published 2010-11-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50672 title Fedora 12 : freetype-2.3.11-7.fc12 (2010-17755) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_SECUPD2011-001.NASL description The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 that does not have Security Update 2011-001 applied. This security update contains fixes for the following products : - Apache - bzip2 - ClamAV - ImageIO - Kerberos - Libinfo - libxml - Mailman - PHP - QuickLook - Ruby - X11 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 52753 published 2011-03-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52753 title Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2011-001) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201201-09.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-09 (FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57651 published 2012-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57651 title GLSA-201201-09 : FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602221
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=59eb9f8cfe7d1df379a2318316d1f04f80fba54a
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?31310
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:236
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0889.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42295
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42289
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024745
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051251.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051231.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050965.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3037
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1013-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43138
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0246
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2155
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100122733
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00005.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4565
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951