CVE-2010-3855: FreeType

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the ft_var_readpackedpoints function in truetype/ttgxvar.c in FreeType 2.4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType GX font.

Affected products

• FreeType FreeType: up to and including 2.4.3; version 1.3.1 only; version 2.0.6 only; version 2.0.9 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.1.3 only; …

Published 2010-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.