CVE-2014-9665 | BDVDB-2026-67937 Detail
Description#
The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.
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=54abd22891bd51ef8b533b24df53b3019b5cee81
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b3500af717010137046ec4076d1e1c0641e33727
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=168
- 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.