CVE-2014-9661 — Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.9%
top 10.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
FreetypeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+8 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages7 packages

▶Debianfreetype/freetype< 2.5.2-3+3
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, Fedora 20, 21, Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, Enterprise Linux 6.6.z, 7.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-x7gr-2533-fcq6: type42/t42parse↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9661: type42/t42parse↗2015-02-08
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OSV
CVE-2014-9661: type42/t42parse↗2015-02-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2015-02-24
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Red Hat
freetype: out of bounds read in Type42 font parser↗2014-11-24
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Debian
CVE-2014-9661: freetype - type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can b...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9656 CVE-2014-9657 CVE-2014-9661 CVE-2014-9660 CVE-2014-9667 CVE-2014-9666 CVE-2014-9665 CVE-2014-9664 CVE-2014-9669 CVE-2014-9668 CVE-2014-9662 CVE-2014-9658 CVE-2014-9659 CVE-2014-9663 CVE-↗2015-02-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9661 freetype: out of bounds read in Type42 font parser↗2015-02-10
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CVE-2014-9661 — Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype | cvebase