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CVE-2014-9661

Published: Feb 08, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9661
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical10.04 (including)10.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.10 (including)14.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical15.04 (including)15.04 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfreetype-0:2.3.11-15.el6_6.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfreetype-0:2.4.11-10.el7_1.1*
FreetypeUbuntudevel*
FreetypeUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
FreetypeUbuntulucid*
FreetypeUbuntuprecise*
FreetypeUbuntutrusty*
FreetypeUbuntutrusty/esm*
FreetypeUbuntuupstream*
FreetypeUbuntuutopic*

References

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