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CVE-2010-2527

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2527 describes multiple buffer overflows in FreeType demo programs prior to version 2.4.0, impacting various distributions of FreeType, Debian, and Ubuntu Linux. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk where remote attackers could exploit it with moderate complexity to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0564 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.4-15.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: freetype-0:2.1.9-14.el4.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freetype-0:2.2.1-25.el5_5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-2527Low

Freetype demos multiple buffer overflows

Jun 9, 2010

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2-demos.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/freetype/2010-07/msg00001.html
Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
savannah.nongnu.org / bugs
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48951
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2070
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0577.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0578.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-963-1
Third Party Advisory