CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9668

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
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.

Affected configurations

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

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References