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CVE-2014-9661

Date: February 8, 2015

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9661

Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

Url: http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9661

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9661

Severity Score

7.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2014-9661

Date: February 8, 2015

Language: C

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