CVE-2007-2754
Freetype Integer Overflow Arbitrary Code Execution
Description
Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
May 17, 2007, 10:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc Added Reference http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-04/msg00041.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/36509 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25350 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25353 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25386 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25463 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25483 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25609 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25612 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25654 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25705 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25808 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25894 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/25905 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26129 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26305 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28298 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30161 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35200 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35204 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35233 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102967-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103171-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200033-1 Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-330.htm Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1302 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1334 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-02.xml Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:121 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_41_freetype2.html Added Reference http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.018.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0403.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24074 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018088 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/ Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-466-1 Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1894 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2229 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0049 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240200 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1390 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11325 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5532 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2007-2754 freetype integer overflow Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0403 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0329 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1062 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2754 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=240200 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2007-2754 freetype integer overflow Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0403 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1062 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0329 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2754 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=240200 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11325 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5532 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5532 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11325 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 18, 2007
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2754 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2754
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Exploit Prediction
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47.44 }} 1.08%
score
0.97447
percentile