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FreeType Integer Overflow and Underflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA20100
Release Date: 2006-05-19
Last Update: 2006-07-21
Popularity: 15,397 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:FreeType 2.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FreeType, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise applications using the library.

1) An integer overflow error exists within the "read_lwfn()" function in src/base/ftmac.c. This can potentially be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted LWFN file.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.2. Prior versions may also be affected.

2) An integer underflow error exists within the "src/pshinter/pshglob.c:psh_blues_set_zones_0()" function when handling a specially crafted font file where the number of blue values is odd. This can be exploited to cause an integer underflow which corrupts the heap.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.2. Prior versions may also be affected.

3) Integer overflow errors exist within the BDF, PCF and Type1 font file parsers. This can potentially be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted font file.

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 2.1.10. Prior versions may also be affected.

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