National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0226

Overview

Integer signedness error in psaux/t1decode.c in FreeType before 2.4.6, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 4.2.9 and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, as exploited in the wild in July 2011.

Impact

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External Source: BID

Name: 48619

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48619

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1085

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1085.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:120

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:120

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2294

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2294

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/06/hackers_release_new_browser_based_ios_jailbreak_based_on_pdf_exploit.html

Hyperlink:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/06/hackers_release_new_browser_based_ios_jailbreak_based_on_pdf_exploit.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4803

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4802

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45224

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45224

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45167

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45167

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:0853

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00016.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:0852

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00015.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [freetype-devel] 20110711 Re: details on iPhone exploit caused by FreeType?

Hyperlink:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00028.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [freetype-devel] 20110711 Re: details on iPhone exploit caused by FreeType?

Hyperlink:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00026.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [freetype-devel] 20110709 Re: details on iPhone exploit caused by FreeType?

Hyperlink:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00020.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [freetype-devel] 20110708 Re: details on iPhone exploit caused by FreeType?

Hyperlink:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00015.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [freetype-devel] 20110708 details on iPhone exploit caused by FreeType?

Hyperlink:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00014.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-07-15-2

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-07-15-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html