The psh_glyph_find_strong_points function in pshinter/pshalgo.c in FreeType before 2.4.0 does not properly implement hinting masks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file that triggers an invalid free operation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-08-19T17:43:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:32:16.854Z

Reserved: 2010-06-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-2498

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2010-08-19T18:00:04.000

Modified: 2021-04-06T12:51:07.217

Link: CVE-2010-2498

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-06-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2498 - Bugzilla