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Vulnerability details: VCID-57th-r73p-a3fy
Vulnerability ID VCID-57th-r73p-a3fy
Aliases CVE-2010-2527
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.1
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
System Score Found at
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
epss 0.02329 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2527
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit/?id=b995299b73ba4cd259f221f500d4e63095508bec
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127912955808467&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-2527.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2527
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30054
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2527
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
614557 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=614557
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2010-2527 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2527
GLSA-201201-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09
RHSA-2010:0577 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0577
RHSA-2010:0578 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0578
USN-963-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/963-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2527
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84752
EPSS Score 0.02329
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:57.386776+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09 38.0.0