Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TTF image with a negative n_points value, which leads to an integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2754 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.92%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-03 | 41.05% | 41.92% | +0.87% |
| 2 | 2025-09-22 | 47.44% | 41.05% | -6.38% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 47.44% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2007-2754 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freetype), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2754 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2007-2754: 3 GLSA(s) (200705-22, 200707-02, 201006-01), 3 atom(s) (app-office/openoffice, app-office/openoffice-bin, media-libs/freetype); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2754 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2754 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-2754 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (freetype, openoffice.org-l10n), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 3, needs-triage 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2754 |