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Vulnerability details: VCID-ahxa-yjxp-a7en
Vulnerability ID VCID-ahxa-yjxp-a7en
Aliases CVE-2010-2499
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 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
epss 0.03379 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2499
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=c69891a1345640096fbf396e8dd567fe879ce233
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f29f741efbba0a5ce2f16464f648fb8d026ed4c8
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127905701201340&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127909326909362&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-2499.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2499
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2499
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30248
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30249
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2070
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:137
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
613162 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613162
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:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2010-2499 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2499
GLSA-201201-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09
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-2010-2499
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 0.8733
EPSS Score 0.03379
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:57.344960+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09 38.0.0