CVE-2010-1797
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 33.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Foxit Reader 4.0 - '.pdf' Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow 'Jailbreak' (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14727local, windowspublished 24 Aug 2010Not verified
- Apple iOS - '.pdf' Local Privilege Escalation 'Jailbreak' (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14538local, iospublished 3 Aug 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 14538 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 33.9% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=018f5c27813dd7eef4648fe254632ecea0c85a50 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=11d65e8a1f1f14e56148fd991965424d9bd1cdbc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14538 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2018 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 66828 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-972-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 40816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4292 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html#release-freetype-2.4.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42151 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4291 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-08-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 48951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- appleios-pdf-code-execution(60856) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 40807 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1817 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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