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CVE-2010-1797

60
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1797 details multiple stack-based buffer overflows within the FreeType library's CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter, impacting Apple iOS versions before 4.0.2 on iPhone/iPod touch and 3.2.2 on iPad. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3, FAUCET Risk 81.0) allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted CFF opcodes embedded in PDF documents, with medium attack complexity. The flaw has been actively exploited in the wild, famously demonstrated by JailbreakMe, and public exploit code is available, indicating high attacker interest and community attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:-:iphone:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-14727 · Aug 24, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3065 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.4-16.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.9-15.el4.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freetype-0:2.2.1-26.el5_5
View patch
applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1797Important

FreeType: Multiple stack overflows by processing CFF opcodes

Aug 5, 2010

References

freetype.sourceforge.net / index2.html
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 66828
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/40807
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40816
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40982
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48951
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/60856
sourceforge.net / projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.2/NEWS/view
support.apple.com / kb/HT4291
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4292
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/14538
Exploit
f-secure.com / weblog/archives/00002002.html
securityfocus.com / bid/42151
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-972-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2018
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2106
Vendor Advisory