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Vulnerability details: VCID-pzsb-3h3d-t7hq
Vulnerability ID VCID-pzsb-3h3d-t7hq
Aliases CVE-2010-2498
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-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
epss 0.02649 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2498
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8d22746c9e5af80ff4304aef440986403a5072e2
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-2010-2498.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2498
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2498
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024266
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30106
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
613160 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613160
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-2010-2498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2498
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-2010-2498
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 0.8568
EPSS Score 0.02649
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:57.332447+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09 38.0.0