CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9746

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-06-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

Affected configurations

• freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3) • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References