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Vulnerability details: VCID-vykx-mb8e-hyfv
Vulnerability ID VCID-vykx-mb8e-hyfv
Aliases CVE-2010-1797
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 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
epss 0.5972 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1797
Reference id Reference type URL
http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/66828
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-1797.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-1797
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1797
http://secunia.com/advisories/40807
http://secunia.com/advisories/40816
http://secunia.com/advisories/40982
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60856
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14538
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42151
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-972-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2018
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2106
621144 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144
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CVE-2010-1797 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1797
CVE-2010-1797;OSVDB-66828 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/14727.py
CVE-2010-2973;CVE-2010-2972;OSVDB-67011;OSVDB-66828;OSVDB-66827;CVE-2010-1797 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/ios/local/14538.txt
GLSA-201201-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09
RHSA-2010:0607 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0607
USN-972-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/972-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 24, 2010
Description Foxit Reader 4.0 - '.pdf' Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow 'Jailbreak'
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Aug. 24, 2010
Exploit type local
Platform windows
Source update date March 2, 2018
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1797
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 0.98242
EPSS Score 0.5972
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:57.308829+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-09 38.0.0