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CVE-2014-9675

Published: Feb 08, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9675
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF 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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