CVE-2014-9662 | BDVDB-2026-67934 Detail
Description#
cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.