CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9661

7.5 HIGH Published 2015-02-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2015-02-08
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

Affected configurations

• 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 • debian debian linux 7.0 • 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 • freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3) • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • fedoraproject fedora 20 • fedoraproject fedora 21

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html advisories.mageia.org
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187 Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4 git.savannah.gnu.org
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669 git.savannah.gnu.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html lists.opensuse.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html packetstormsecurity.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html rhn.redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 www.debian.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 www.mandriva.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html www.oracle.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 www.ubuntu.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 security.gentoo.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html advisories.mageia.org
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187 Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4 git.savannah.gnu.org
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669 git.savannah.gnu.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html lists.opensuse.org
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html packetstormsecurity.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html rhn.redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 www.debian.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 www.mandriva.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html www.oracle.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 www.ubuntu.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 security.gentoo.org