CVE-2014-9667 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Freetype

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.17%
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

sfnt/ttload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting the values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT table.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | 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-xpf7-vf54-5crr: sfnt/ttload↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-9667: sfnt/ttload↗2015-02-08
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9667: sfnt/ttload↗2015-02-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2015-02-24
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Red Hat
freetype: integer overflow in tt_face_load_font_dir() leading to out-of-bounds read↗2014-11-24
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Debian
CVE-2014-9667: freetype - sfnt/ttload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations ...↗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-2014-9667 freetype: integer overflow in tt_face_load_font_dir() leading to out-of-bounds read↗2015-02-10
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CVE-2014-9667 — Freetype vulnerability | cvebase