CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9672
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-02-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted FOND resource in a Mac font file.
Affected configurations
• oracle solaris 10.0
• oracle solaris 11.2
• 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
• freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3)
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=155 Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=18a8f0d9943369449bc4de92d411c78fb08d616c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134395/FreeType-2.5.3-Mac-FOND-Resource-Parsing-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-From-Stack.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 security.gentoo.org
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=155 Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=18a8f0d9943369449bc4de92d411c78fb08d616c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134395/FreeType-2.5.3-Mac-FOND-Resource-Parsing-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-From-Stack.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 security.gentoo.org