CVE-2014-9671 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Freetype

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.2%
top 12.94%
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

Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PCF file with a 0xffffffff size value that is improperly incremented.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶Debianfreetype/freetype< 2.5.2-3+3
▶NVDoracle/solaris10.0, 11.2+1
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

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

Patches

Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-85hg-37rw-9w7v: Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9671: Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread↗2015-02-08
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OSV
CVE-2014-9671: Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread↗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 pcf_get_properties() leading to NULL pointer dereference↗2014-11-24
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Debian
CVE-2014-9671: freetype - Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType...↗2014
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9671 freetype: integer overflow in pcf_get_properties() leading to NULL pointer dereference↗2015-02-10
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CVE-2014-9671 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase