CVE-2014-9672 — 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-129 — Improper Validation of Array Index9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
4.7%
top 10.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
FreetypeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted FOND resource in a Mac font file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages4 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

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-58fh-qf9x-f6j9: Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-9672: Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac↗2015-02-08
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CVEList
CVE-2014-9672: Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac↗2015-02-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2015-02-24
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Red Hat
freetype: Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c↗2014-11-24
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Debian
CVE-2014-9672: freetype - Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before ...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9672 freetype: Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c↗2015-02-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2281 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-01)↗2014-03-08
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