FKIE_CVE-2014-9662

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-02-08 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
debian debian_linux 7.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04
fedoraproject fedora 20
fedoraproject fedora 21
freetype freetype *
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