FKIE_CVE-2014-9671

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-02-08 11:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PCF file with a 0xffffffff size value that is improperly incremented.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=157Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0e2f5d518c60e2978f26400d110eff178fa7e3c3Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=157Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0e2f5d518c60e2978f26400d110eff178fa7e3c3Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.1
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 6.6.z
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.1
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
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
oracle solaris 10.0
oracle solaris 11.2
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
freetype freetype *
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