CVE-2010-1797(apple / iphone_os)

LOWCVSS 9.3 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the cff_decoder_parse_charstrings function in the CFF Type2 CharStrings interpreter in cff/cffgload.c in FreeType before 2.4.2, as used in Apple iOS before 4.0.2 on the iPhone and iPod touch and before 3.2.2 on the iPad, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted CFF opcodes in embedded fonts in a PDF document, as demonstrated by JailbreakMe. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-119

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • iphone_os

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
iphone_os

26 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-26: 110-26
Full discourse1 post
  • פחטימו@pechtimu

    באותה שנה, האייפון. JailbreakMe 2.0 (אוגוסט 2010): נכנסים לדף, ספארי מרנדר PDF, פונט CFF מוטמע עושה overflow ב-FreeType (CVE-2010-1797), והמכשיר פרוץ. JailbreakMe 3.0 (2011) חזר על זה עם פונט Type 1. אפל גייסה את המפתח.

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CPE platform detail65 entries

65 of 65 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSappleiphone_os1.0.0--
OSappleiphone_os1.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os1.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os1.0.2--
OSappleiphone_os1.0.2--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.0--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.0--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.0--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.1--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.1--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.3--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.3--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.3--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.4--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.4--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.4--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.5--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.5--
OSappleiphone_os1.1.5--
OSappleiphone_os2.0--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.0--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.0--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.0--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.2--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.2--
OSappleiphone_os2.0.2--
OSappleiphone_os2.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.1.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.2--
OSappleiphone_os2.2--
OSappleiphone_os2.2.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.2.1--
OSappleiphone_os2.2.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.0--
OSappleiphone_os3.0--
OSappleiphone_os3.0--
OSappleiphone_os3.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.1.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.1.3--
OSappleiphone_os3.1.3--
OSappleiphone_os3.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.2--
OSappleiphone_os3.2.1--
OSappleiphone_os3.2.1--
OSappleiphone_os4.0--
OSappleiphone_os4.0--
OSappleiphone_os4.0--
OSappleiphone_os4.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os4.0.1--
OSappleiphone_os4.0.1--

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