CVE-2007-2754

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-05-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-2754

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-2754

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-2754

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-2754

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-2754

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 medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2754
ubuntu 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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-2754

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freetype freetype <= 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-2754

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/freetype2/src/truetype/ttgload.c?root=freetype&r1=1.177&r2=1.178 Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2007-04/msg00041.html Exploit
http://osvdb.org/36509
http://secunia.com/advisories/25350
http://secunia.com/advisories/25353
http://secunia.com/advisories/25386
http://secunia.com/advisories/25463
http://secunia.com/advisories/25483
http://secunia.com/advisories/25609
http://secunia.com/advisories/25612
http://secunia.com/advisories/25654
http://secunia.com/advisories/25705
http://secunia.com/advisories/25808
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
http://secunia.com/advisories/25905
http://secunia.com/advisories/26129
http://secunia.com/advisories/26305
http://secunia.com/advisories/28298
http://secunia.com/advisories/30161
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://secunia.com/advisories/35200
http://secunia.com/advisories/35204
http://secunia.com/advisories/35233
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102967-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103171-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200033-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-330.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1302
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1334
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-02.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:121
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_41_freetype2.html
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.018.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0403.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469463/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471286/30/6180/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24074
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018088
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-466-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1894
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2229
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0049
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240200 Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502565
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1390
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11325
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5532
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01316.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01401.html
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