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Vulnerability details: VCID-tyhk-9jvd-y7bj
Vulnerability ID VCID-tyhk-9jvd-y7bj
Aliases CVE-2010-2520
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 4.6
Risk 2.3
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-228 Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
System Score Found at
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
epss 0.03154 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
cvssv2 5.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2520
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=888cd1843e935fe675cf2ac303116d4ed5b9d54b
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-2010-2520.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-2520
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2520
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30361
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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-963-1
613198 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613198
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-2010-2520 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2520
GLSA-201201-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09
USN-963-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/963-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2520
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

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low

multiple

single

none

none

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none

partial

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none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86848
EPSS Score 0.03154
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:57.376423+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09 38.0.0