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CVE-2014-9659

Date: February 8, 2015

cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2240.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=190
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9659
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2cdc4562f873237f1c77d43540537c7a721d3fd8
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9659

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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