CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9747
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the current position for immediates-only mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Type42 font.
Affected configurations
• freetype freetype (<= 2.5.3)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1 git.savannah.gnu.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4 www.openwall.com
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309 savannah.nongnu.org
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1 git.savannah.gnu.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4 www.openwall.com
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309 savannah.nongnu.org