CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9673
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-02-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Integer signedness error in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac 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 6.0
• 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
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3)
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=154 Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=35252ae9aa1dd9343e9f4884e9ddb1fee10ef415 Issue Tracking
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html Third Party Advisory
- 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=154 Exploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=35252ae9aa1dd9343e9f4884e9ddb1fee10ef415 Issue Tracking
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html Third Party Advisory
- 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