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CVE-2010-3053

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3053 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in FreeType versions prior to 2.4.2, specifically within the bdf/bdflib.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash an application by providing a specially crafted BDF font file, stemming from an attempted modification of a static string. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit over the network, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 56th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3053

freetype: NULL pointer deref in bdf/bdflib.c

Jun 15, 2010

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019
secunia.com / advisories/42314
secunia.com / advisories/42317
secunia.com / advisories/48951
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
support.apple.com / kb/HT4456
support.apple.com / kb/HT4457
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3045
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3046