freetype: DoS via nested "seac" calls
Published Aug 19, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.33%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in FreeType 2.3.9, and other versions before 2.4.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving nested Standard Encoding Accented Character (aka seac) calls, related to psaux.h, cffgload.c, cffgload.h, and t1decode.c.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
freetype-0:2.1.4-18.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0736
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
freetype-0:2.1.9-17.el4.8
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0737
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freetype-0:2.2.1-28.el5_5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0737
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freetype
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | freetype-0:2.1.4-18.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0736 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | freetype-0:2.1.9-17.el4.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0737 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freetype-0:2.2.1-28.el5_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0737 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.33% (0.03329) | 88.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.33% (0.03329) | 86.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.89% (0.03893) | 87.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.71% (0.06708) | 85.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 3.89% (0.03893) | 86.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.18% (0.05183) | 89.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.38% (0.09378) | 94.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.38% (0.09378) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4457 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42621 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3045 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3054 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/freetype/+bug/617019 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625632 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3054
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0736.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3054
Change history (0)
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